The killing of animals for food (9)

I believe the answer is:

slaughter

(Other definitions for slaughter that I've seen before include "in which many die" , "Glare thus to cause bloodthirsty killing" , "Massacre" , "Killing (of farm animals)" , "Wholesale killing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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