Assertion: bison | /r/HasProperty | slaughtered in ever-growing numbers
Facets:
value: wantonly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: With the westward movement of white civilization in the 18th and 19th centuries, the bison were wantonly slaughtered in ever-growing numbers: they were hunted for subsistence, for the commercial sale of their meat and hides, or simply for sport.