Which preposition to use with slaughter

of Occurrences 246%

A great rage fell on them all, blind and terrible, like that leading to the slaughter of the seals.

in Occurrences 46%

Her population was thinned by repeated slaughter in the field; poverty and actual scarcity ground down the survivors, through the fearful ravages which Hannibal's cavalry spread through their cornfields, their pasture lands, and their vineyards; many of her allies went over to the invader's side, and new clouds of foreign war threatened her from Macedonia and Gaul.

on Occurrences 25%

The number that was slaughtered on this occasion is almost incredible; even after conquest, the victor's resentment did not subside.

at Occurrences 21%

The whole army engaged hardly outnumbered the slaughtered at Antietam, Gettysburg, or Burnside's butchery at St. Mary's Hill.

for Occurrences 14%

It was a day of slaughter for Gray Wolf and Kazan.

to Occurrences 13%

Unable to keep together or force their way across the woods and swamps, the horsemen were overpowered in detail and slaughtered to the last man.

with Occurrences 10%

It is the peculiar fate of men that they always know when a woman is playing with them, but, from Samson down, they always go to the slaughter with open eyes, hoping each moment that the girl has been seriously impressed at last.

among Occurrences 5%

A nearer view revealed that the dust rose from a huge flock of sheep; but the knight's blood was up, and he rode forward as fast as poor Rozinante could carry him, and did frightful slaughter among the sheep, till the stones of the shepherd brought him to the earth.

without Occurrences 5%

But in the city where his Lord had worn the thorny crown, the veteran leader who had looked on ruthless slaughter without blanching and had borne his share in swelling the stream of blood would wear no earthly diadem nor take the title of king.

by Occurrences 4%

He had escaped the slaughter by secreting himself while the murderers remained in the house.

from Occurrences 3%

That wing of the army had not suffered as heavily as the right, which had recoiled with such frightful slaughter from Marye's Hill; but the repulse of General Meade in their own front had been equally decisive, and the non-success of the right must have reacted on the left, discouraging that also.

against Occurrences 3%

Have we nothing to do but to prepare engines of death and of slaughter against all these peoples?

as Occurrences 3%

The worst battles cannot touch such a wholesale slaughter as this.

before Occurrences 3%

When the troops of Ghazni saw their King forcing his way alone through the enemy's ranks they rushed forward with headlong impetuosity and drove the enemy with great slaughter before them.

into Occurrences 3%

He felt convinced that it would be easy for the Chiefs, and such of their attendants as might be allowed to follow them to the place of conference, to overpower and destroy every one of the little band of whites, and then to prosecute their original intention of carrying fire and slaughter into both the British settlements.

like Occurrences 3%

He knew that they had taken little or no part in the battle at Ticonderoga, but now the great success of the French would bring them flocking back to Montcalm's banner, and they would rush like wolves upon those whom they thought defenseless, hoping for more slaughters like that of William Henry.

around Occurrences 2%

This proved a complete catastrophe for the enemy, who from positions on our extreme left and centre had a full view of the slaughter around the doomed trains.

than Occurrences 2%

It was a dreadful affairmore like a slaughter than a battle.

above Occurrences 1%

Others, of both sides, were beaten down and slaughtered above me, so that I never recovered my senses until I found myself in a coffinan open one, by good luckplaced before the altar in church.

amongst Occurrences 1%

Though Clive had to retire when the whole army was roused, the slaughter amongst the enemy had been immense; and though he mockingly informed the Nawab that he had been careful to "injure none but those who got in his way," the Nawab himself narrowly escaped capture.

outside Occurrences 1%

Not less had been the slaughter outside the work known as the Little Redan, where the French attack had been repulsed with prodigious loss.

over Occurrences 1%

Hubba, the Dane, having spread devastation, fire, and slaughter over Wales, had landed in Devonshire from twenty-three vessels, and laid siege to the castle of Kenwith, a place situated near the mouth of the small river Tau.

through Occurrences 1%

It continued with recurrent slaughter through Rome's greatest years.

throughout Occurrences 1%

They drank, they smoked like the soldiers on the boulevards; for having slaughtered throughout the day, they drank throughout the night; wine flowed upon the blood.

amidst Occurrences 1%

Five months later Vendée did rise, and at Machecoul the patriots were slaughtered amidst nameless atrocities, largely at the instigation of the priests.

Which preposition to use with  slaughter