as in slaughter
the killing of a large number of people
the infamous massacre of more than 200 Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota
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as in to slaughter
to kill on a large scale
the country's rival ethnic groups began massacring one another
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Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
For example, a ban on military and policing gear to China after the 1989 Tiananmen massacre does not take into account newer technologies or general-use products that can be applied in policing.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
After Hamas massacred some 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023, the Israeli settler right converged on a plan.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Uvalde’s school board hired new lawyers Monday night as its members tried for a third time to be open about the circumstances of the 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary, any problems beforehand and what happened afterward.
—Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
For example, a ban on military and policing gear to China after the 1989 Tiananmen massacre does not take into account newer technologies or general-use products that can be applied in policing.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
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In Iași alone over a three-day period in June 1941, more than 13,000 Jews — more than a third of the city’s Jewish population — were massacred, marking one of the worst pogroms of World War II.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
After Hamas massacred some 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023, the Israeli settler right converged on a plan.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
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Most effective however is Vanderbilt’s decision to stop the action and simply run the devastating real black-and-white film footage of the slaughter of Jews in the concentration camps.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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Hamas had brutally penetrated our southern border, embarking on the slaughter of civilians.—
Ron Scherf,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Massacre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacre. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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