as in slaughtered
to kill on a large scale
the country's rival ethnic groups began massacring one another
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Recent Examples of massacred
The ethnic Hutu business tycoon was indicted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for allegedly arming Hutu militias that massacred more than 800,000 mostly ethnic Tutsis in 1994.
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Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 16 May 2026
John Mason’s forces attacked a Pequot settlement near the Mystic River and massacred the village.
—USA Today, 13 May 2026
Set in the tumultuous 1880s American frontier, the series follows seven gifted but flawed mercenaries hired to protect a peaceful Quaker village after it is massacred by mercenaries working for a ruthless land baron trying to seize their land.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 May 2026
As many as eight thousand citizens were massacred.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Tradition says that on the 10th of Muharram, Husayn and his companions met Yazid’s military on the battlefield and were massacred.
—Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
But in places where criminal groups are more present than law enforcement, nearly every vigilante movement that has emerged in recent history has either been coopted by rival cartels or massacred.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
But vigilante movements in Mexico historically get co-opted by rival cartels or massacred, creating a dangerous spiral that could worsen after recent cartel leadership deaths.
—Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
In the latest January 2026 uprisings, it is estimated that the regime massacred in excess of 40,000 protestors.
—Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 16 May 2026
John Mason’s forces attacked a Pequot settlement near the Mystic River and massacred the village.
—USA Today, 13 May 2026
Set in the tumultuous 1880s American frontier, the series follows seven gifted but flawed mercenaries hired to protect a peaceful Quaker village after it is massacred by mercenaries working for a ruthless land baron trying to seize their land.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 May 2026
As many as eight thousand citizens were massacred.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Tradition says that on the 10th of Muharram, Husayn and his companions met Yazid’s military on the battlefield and were massacred.
—Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
But in places where criminal groups are more present than law enforcement, nearly every vigilante movement that has emerged in recent history has either been coopted by rival cartels or massacred.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
But vigilante movements in Mexico historically get co-opted by rival cartels or massacred, creating a dangerous spiral that could worsen after recent cartel leadership deaths.
—Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
In the latest January 2026 uprisings, it is estimated that the regime massacred in excess of 40,000 protestors.
—Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massacred
slaughtered
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At Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year, a few pigs would be slaughtered and the pork rationed out.—
Michael Sheridan,
Vanity Fair,
8 Apr. 2026
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Pigs were illegally slaughtered there.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Massacred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacred. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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