as in massacres
the killing of a large number of people
butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world
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massacres
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The platform was then embroiled in the Cambridge Analytica scandal and accused of allowing misinformation that skewed elections in the US and other western countries, and led to massacres in places like Myanmar.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
The lack of fighting in urban centers prevented Hamas from taking the initiative, often leaving it a passive bystander to the massacres of Palestinians.—
Leila Seurat,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Butcheries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butcheries. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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