Slaughter has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act. | |
| 2. | Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed". | |
| 3. | Slaughter is the best medicine. | |
| 4. | A merciless slaughter was committed in Srebrenica in 1995. | |
| 5. | The enemy committed a horrible slaughter in the city. | |
| 6. | I cannot slaughter a bull by myself. I need two people to help me. | |
| 7. | He knows how to slaughter a sheep. | |
| 8. | Where did you slaughter them? | |
| 9. | He immediately goes after her, like an ox to the slaughter. | |
| 10. | He immediately follows her, like an ox to the slaughter. |