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slavery

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsleɪvəri/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsleɪvəri, ˈsleɪvri/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(slā′və rē, slāv′rē)


Collocations for "slavery"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "slavery" in context.

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slavery

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. [child, sex, sexual, domestic] slavery
  2. a [life, decade, bond] of slavery
  3. the [end, abolishment] of slavery
  4. [end, abolish, stop, prevent] slavery
  5. slavery was [abolished, outlawed] (in)
  6. was [forced, sold] into slavery
  7. slavery for [life, decades, children, women]
  8. slavery in [America, Egypt]
  9. slavery in the [17th] century
  10. it's almost like slavery!
  11. this [work, job] is slavery!
  12. modern day slavery
  13. [a country, an economy] built on slavery
'slavery' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "slavery" in the title:

Another was over slavery. - English Only forum
antebellum slavery - English Only forum
anti-slavery duties - English Only forum
bound in slavery - English Only forum
Confederate offers late in the war to end slavery - English Only forum
control and slavery of/under - English Only forum
<couch> anti-slavery programs in terms of "vestiges" - English Only forum
"democratic means" did not bring about an end to slavery - English Only forum
Do slavery - English Only forum
Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism from Catharine Beecher - English Only forum
hold in slavery his own children by Hemings’s sister Sally - English Only forum
In its worst forms, be it slavery. - English Only forum
Jefferson owned slaves. <Yet> he said he disliked slavery. - English Only forum
render the rippling meanings of slavery - English Only forum
See if we can sell mom and dad into slavery for a star cruiser. - English Only forum
Slavery had been 'all but' eliminated - English Only forum
slavery's place - English Only forum
the 'business end' of slavery - English Only forum
the expansion of slavery to the territories - English Only forum
the law had be so great a slavery - English Only forum
Those who felt it promoted slavery denounced Manifest Dstiny - English Only forum
thral(l)dom vs. slavery - English Only forum
Through what slavery - English Only forum
Twain’s criticism of slavery and racism are… - English Only forum
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