as in slaughtered
to kill on a large scale
the country's rival ethnic groups began massacring one another
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After 1099, when Christian armies conquered Jerusalem in the First Crusade and massacred the city’s Muslim and Jewish inhabitants, some 50,000 Jews reportedly fled to Damascus, making up nearly a third of residents.
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Bassem Mroue, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Dec. 2024
Listen to this article Loading your audio article A former prison guard trainee who massacred five women at a Florida bank in 2019 was sentenced to death on Monday.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
After examining the remains, the research team concluded that the individuals were brutally massacred before they were thrown down the shaft.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2024
Following the Hamas attack on southern Israel in October 2023, where the group massacred and kidnapped Israeli civilians, Israel launched its most devastating air and ground campaign against Hamas ever carried out in the Gaza Strip.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
One of her former students, Seung-Hui Cho, massacred 32 students and teachers on the campus in April 2007.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2024
In the assault, 1,200 people were massacred and 251 were taken hostage (roughly 100, both alive and dead, remain in captivity).
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Oct. 2024
October 7th, Hamas terrorists massacred over 1400 Israelis and took prisoners.
—Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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
Bassem Mroue, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Dec. 2024
Listen to this article Loading your audio article A former prison guard trainee who massacred five women at a Florida bank in 2019 was sentenced to death on Monday.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
After examining the remains, the research team concluded that the individuals were brutally massacred before they were thrown down the shaft.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2024
Following the Hamas attack on southern Israel in October 2023, where the group massacred and kidnapped Israeli civilians, Israel launched its most devastating air and ground campaign against Hamas ever carried out in the Gaza Strip.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
One of her former students, Seung-Hui Cho, massacred 32 students and teachers on the campus in April 2007.
—Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2024
In the assault, 1,200 people were massacred and 251 were taken hostage (roughly 100, both alive and dead, remain in captivity).
—The Editors, National Review, 7 Oct. 2024
October 7th, Hamas terrorists massacred over 1400 Israelis and took prisoners.
—Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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
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