Synonyms of massacres

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noun

plural of massacre

as in slaughters

the killing of a large number of people

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaughters
• deaths
• genocides
• bloodbaths
• holocausts
• carnages
• murders
• butcheries
• killings
• slayings
• exterminations
• manslaughters
• homicides
• devastations
• assassinations
• pogroms
• executions
• mortalities
• destructions
• annihilations
• bloodsheds
• bloodlettings
• foul play
• decimations
• eradications

massacres

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verb

present tense third-person singular of massacre

as in murders

to kill on a large scale

the country's rival ethnic groups began massacring one another

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaughters
• murders
• dispatches
• slays
• executes
• destroys
• assassinates
• butchers
• mows (down)
• smites
• wipes out
• eradicates
• demolishes
• fells
• snuffs
• wastes
• annihilates
• exterminates
• does in
• devastates
• decimates
• croaks
• blots out