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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ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
Gray was also aware that his son was fascinated by school shooters and had created a shrine above his home computer dedicated to the gunman behind the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school massacre, prosecutors said.
—Skyler Henry, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
The main argument, though, was fragmentation for the sake of peace among the population - that is, for the benefit of the people being massacred by a powerful central regime, now and in years past.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Colin Gray knew his son was obsessed with school shooters, even having a shrine in his bedroom to Nikolas Cruz, the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, prosecutors have said.
—ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
Gray was also aware that his son was fascinated by school shooters and had created a shrine above his home computer dedicated to the gunman behind the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school massacre, prosecutors said.
—Skyler Henry, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
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One of them, the Luisita Golf Course and Country Club, was built over a former sugar plantation where 14 striking workers were massacred in 2004.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
The main argument, though, was fragmentation for the sake of peace among the population - that is, for the benefit of the people being massacred by a powerful central regime, now and in years past.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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slaughter
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Being trained in combat, and armed with swords, spears, and bows and arrows, the gladiators were able to turn the tables on the wild beasts; the result was another predictable slaughter, in this case of the animals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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The new facility aims to increase slaughter numbers to 22,000 hogs a day while maintaining a comparable workforce of 3,200 employees.—
Angela George,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Massacre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacre. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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