as in slaughtered
to kill on a large scale
the country's rival ethnic groups began massacring one another
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Recent Examples of massacred
In October, the United Nations said least 70 people, including women and children, were massacred by the Gran Grif gang in the same Artibonite town where the officer was killed on Tuesday.
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Michael Rios, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Ancestors from his paternal side survived the Sand Creek Massacre, while many of his ancestors from his maternal side were mutilated and massacred there; and at other genocidal campaigns that followed.
—Phillip Whiteman Jr., The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
Amato massacred his family after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his family to fund an online relationship with a Bulgarian cam model, according to court records.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Just days prior, Julani’s forces massacred between 800 and 2,000 Alawite and Christian civilians during a brutal crackdown on anti-government partisans along the coast.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Mar. 2025
Tallahassee After 17 students and teachers were massacred in one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings, their families begged Florida lawmakers for change.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Olympian Carl Lewis massacred it.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
On November 10, Red Shirts, militiamen, and white mobs surged through Wilmington’s streets and massacred 60 or more Black men.
—Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
Hezbollah has used the Shiite villages and residents to attack Israelis since its ally, Hamas, massacred over 1,200 people in southern Israel.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Michael Rios, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Ancestors from his paternal side survived the Sand Creek Massacre, while many of his ancestors from his maternal side were mutilated and massacred there; and at other genocidal campaigns that followed.
—Phillip Whiteman Jr., The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
Amato massacred his family after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his family to fund an online relationship with a Bulgarian cam model, according to court records.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Just days prior, Julani’s forces massacred between 800 and 2,000 Alawite and Christian civilians during a brutal crackdown on anti-government partisans along the coast.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Mar. 2025
Tallahassee After 17 students and teachers were massacred in one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings, their families begged Florida lawmakers for change.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Olympian Carl Lewis massacred it.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
On November 10, Red Shirts, militiamen, and white mobs surged through Wilmington’s streets and massacred 60 or more Black men.
—Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
Hezbollah has used the Shiite villages and residents to attack Israelis since its ally, Hamas, massacred over 1,200 people in southern Israel.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Massacred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacred. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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