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
One of her former students, Seung-Hui Cho, massacred 32 students and teachers on the campus in April 2007.
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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
Journalists and human rights investigators have unearthed strong evidence that both Ethiopian and Eritrean troops have massacred large numbers of civilians.
—Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2021
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“Massacred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacred. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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