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butcheries

noun , plural of butchery

Synonyms and Antonyms of butcheries

the killing of a large number of people

butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world

Synonyms of butcheries

bloodbaths, carnages, deaths, holocausts, massacres, slaughters

Words Related to butcheries

bloodlettings, bloodsheds, foul play, homicides, killings, manslaughters, murders, slayings

annihilations, decimations, destructions, devastations, eradications, exterminations

genocides, pogroms

assassinations, executions

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