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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Recent Examples of massacre
Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
There have been major question marks over the September tournament since a gun massacre of tourists in April in Kashmir pushed nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan to the brink of war.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 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
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Noun
Gendron’s manifesto discusses how he was radicalized on the dark web and inspired to attack after watching videos of Brenton Tarrant’s 2019 massacre of 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
—Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
There have been major question marks over the September tournament since a gun massacre of tourists in April in Kashmir pushed nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan to the brink of war.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
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World & Nation ‘From dictatorship to occupation’: Syrian civilians caught in Israeli advance
April 9, 2025
The scenes Wednesday echoed those seen last month, when pro-government factions descended on Syria’s coastal region and massacred more than 1,000 civilians.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 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
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slaughter
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They were all robbed, of very little money, and in three instances, their homes were set ablaze to hide evidence of the slaughter that had taken place inside, authorities said.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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Sequences of compliant sheep, moving to their mechanized slaughter, sometimes cut to scenes of streetwise children, repurposing rubble for games.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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“Massacre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacre. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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