Sentence examples for for the slaughter from inspiring English sources

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for the slaughtered

for the shooting

for the carnage

for the beef

for the kill

"for the slaughter" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You would use it to describe a situation in which someone is facing certain defeat or destruction. For example, "The rookie team had no chance against the experienced veterans; they were sent out for the slaughter."

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Someone has to pay for the slaughter".

The New York Times

"Their leaders have left them like sheeps for the slaughter," one said.

The New York Times

He took responsibility for the slaughter in a video posted online yesterday.

Independent

Or consider Anders Breivik, responsible for the slaughter of 77 people in Norway.

The Guardian

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the slaughter, accusing the show of "desecrating Islamic values".

The Guardian - Books

Potentially this was for "the slaughter" – the divvying up of the loot.

The Guardian

Islamic State (Isis) has claimed responsibility for the slaughter in Tunisia's Bardo museum.

The Guardian

Dürer's proposed column has a plinth around which sit animals trussed for the slaughter.

The Guardian - Arts

Tolerance for the slaughter of civilians in Syria and Yemen on an industrial scale did not begin with Trump.

Princeton University

Herod is best known for the Slaughter of the Innocents, which is recounted in the Gospel According To Matthew.

The Guardian

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There is so much grief for the slaughtered cartoonists, whose most outrageous caricatures dot the makeshift memorial, refusing to be erased.

BBC

More suggestions(16)

for the onslaught

for the abattoir

for the butcher

for the killing

for the beheading

for the bloodshed

for the culling

for the butchery

for the bloodbath

for the livestock

for the cull

for the felling

for the abattoirs

for the slaying

for the slaughtered

for the extermination

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