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
Advertisement There was also a growing feeling that a few more mistakes in Sweida and in coastal Latakia, where Syrian forces massacred Alawites in early March, and the world could turn against the new President.
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Hassan Hassan, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
Hamas massacred approximately 1,200 people in the initial assault and took more than 250 people hostage.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 26 Sep. 2025
In a statement following an attack days earlier where gunmen massacred at least 40 people in the rural fishing village of Labordrie, just north of the capital, Amnesty International called on Haitian authorities to take action to protect the population.
—Ychmuth Corneille, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Principals told to stop calling police chief There was so much chaos in the minutes after the gunman entered the classrooms and massacred the children and teachers inside that school police chief Arredondo called the district’s communication chief for help.
—Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Finally, the 2025 list massacred the stable of eligible plug-in hybrids.
—PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
In Iași alone over a three-day period in June 1941, more than 13,000 Jews — more than a third of the city’s Jewish population — were massacred, marking one of the worst pogroms of World War II.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
After Hamas massacred some 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023, the Israeli settler right converged on a plan.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Ancestors from his paternal side survived the Sand Creek Massacre, while many of his ancestors from his maternal side were mutilated and massacred there; and at other genocidal campaigns that followed.
—Phillip Whiteman Jr., The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
Hassan Hassan, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
Hamas massacred approximately 1,200 people in the initial assault and took more than 250 people hostage.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 26 Sep. 2025
In a statement following an attack days earlier where gunmen massacred at least 40 people in the rural fishing village of Labordrie, just north of the capital, Amnesty International called on Haitian authorities to take action to protect the population.
—Ychmuth Corneille, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Principals told to stop calling police chief There was so much chaos in the minutes after the gunman entered the classrooms and massacred the children and teachers inside that school police chief Arredondo called the district’s communication chief for help.
—Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Finally, the 2025 list massacred the stable of eligible plug-in hybrids.
—PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
In Iași alone over a three-day period in June 1941, more than 13,000 Jews — more than a third of the city’s Jewish population — were massacred, marking one of the worst pogroms of World War II.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
After Hamas massacred some 1,200 Israelis on October 7, 2023, the Israeli settler right converged on a plan.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Ancestors from his paternal side survived the Sand Creek Massacre, while many of his ancestors from his maternal side were mutilated and massacred there; and at other genocidal campaigns that followed.
—Phillip Whiteman Jr., The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massacred
slaughtered
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Giving up 1,700 terrorist hostages from Israel, basically create a potential pathway to statehood, because of an invasion two years ago that slaughtered Israelis, there's a lot here that still has to play out.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
5 Oct. 2025
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In 2022, producers slaughtered more beef cows than ever before in the USDA recordkeeping.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Massacred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacred. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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