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
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.
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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
The Kurds became even more fearful of losing their rights after government forces massacred minority Alawites and Druze in fighting throughout 2025.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
Two months later, more than 100 people were massacred in Yelwata, a largely Christian community in the southeastern state of Benue, according to Amnesty International.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
And to think that people plotted to target this event, came there with automatic weapons and massacred people in cold blood.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2025
When their recent champion is massacred in the arena, Ashur and Korris head to the docks where the enslaved are held, looking for potential new fighters.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
Thousands were massacred in Tiananmen Square.
—Madeleine Ballard, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
In the 1980s, militia fighters and military intelligence officers dispatched to southern Sudan to put down rebellions massacred civilians and created widespread hunger.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2025
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
The Kurds became even more fearful of losing their rights after government forces massacred minority Alawites and Druze in fighting throughout 2025.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
Two months later, more than 100 people were massacred in Yelwata, a largely Christian community in the southeastern state of Benue, according to Amnesty International.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
And to think that people plotted to target this event, came there with automatic weapons and massacred people in cold blood.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2025
When their recent champion is massacred in the arena, Ashur and Korris head to the docks where the enslaved are held, looking for potential new fighters.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025
Thousands were massacred in Tiananmen Square.
—Madeleine Ballard, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
In the 1980s, militia fighters and military intelligence officers dispatched to southern Sudan to put down rebellions massacred civilians and created widespread hunger.
—Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massacred
slaughtered
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In September, at least 89 Christians were reportedly slaughtered by jihadists at a funeral and in surrounding fields.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
28 Dec. 2025
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That premonition rings true when his parents (Tara Buckman, Geoff Hansen) are slaughtered by a carjacker dressed as Old Saint Nick himself (Charles Dierkop) just hours later, condemning the toddler into further moral compass trauma at an orphanage run by a domineering Mother Superior nun from Hell.—
Huntley Woods,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Dec. 2025
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