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
Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2025
Breivik refers to Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a massacre in Norway in 2011 that targeted mostly teenagers at a camp.
—Evan Mealins, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
October 2024—Tunnel Construction Camp Attack: In another incident, 7 people were massacred at a tunnel construction site in Ganderbal district of Kashmir.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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Noun
But by the time Mo returned for its second season, this past January, the massacre Hamas committed on Israeli soil on that day in 2023 had catalyzed a war that has decimated Gaza.
—Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2025
Breivik refers to Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a massacre in Norway in 2011 that targeted mostly teenagers at a camp.
—Evan Mealins, USA Today, 25 May 2025
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This group of moderate, peace-loving Scars has been massacred, right down to the little girl.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
October 2024—Tunnel Construction Camp Attack: In another incident, 7 people were massacred at a tunnel construction site in Ganderbal district of Kashmir.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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slaughter
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His 2020 documentary Gunda, executive produced by Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix, examined the life of a pig raising a farrow of piglets who are then seized and sent to slaughter.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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At the moment, most American beef cannot be exported to Britain, in part because of the widespread practice of hormone treatment but also because of other regulations, including those covering the method of slaughter.—
Eshe Nelson,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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“Massacre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacre. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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