Synonyms of massacre

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noun

ˈma-si-kər 

as in slaughter

the killing of a large number of people

the infamous massacre of more than 200 Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaughter
• carnage
• death
• genocide
• holocaust
• murder
• bloodbath
• butchery
• killing
• slaying
• bloodshed
• extermination
• destruction
• homicide
• devastation
• manslaughter
• assassination
• mortality
• annihilation
• execution
• pogrom
• bloodletting
• eradication
• decimation
• foul play
• demolishing

massacre

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verb

as in to slaughter

to kill on a large scale

the country's rival ethnic groups began massacring one another

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaughter
• murder
• butcher
• slay
• assassinate
• dispatch
• execute
• destroy
• mow (down)
• eradicate
• fell
• exterminate
• wipe out
• smite
• demolish
• snuff
• annihilate
• waste
• decimate
• blot out
• do in
• devastate
• croak

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of massacre

Noun

More:After 400 years, Indigenous people reflect on the real story of the 'first Thanksgiving' But for many Indigenous peoples, the holiday also is another reminder of how their ancestors’ good gestures would soon be betrayed by massacres and land theft. —Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024

The last time two cars showed up was decades earlier, not long before the massacre that left the entire town, other than Victor, dead. —Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024

Verb

The current conflict on the Lebanese border began last October 8th—the day after Hamas militants from Gaza massacred twelve hundred people in southern Israel and took a couple of hundred more hostage—when Hezbollah began firing rockets into the northern part of the country. —Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024

Just a mile to the southeast lies the ramshackle Santa Cruz cemetery, where in 1991 at least 250 unarmed civilians were massacred by Indonesian troops. —Charlie Campbell / Dili, Timor-Leste, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024