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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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“Massacre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacre. Accessed 28 Nov. 2022.

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