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
At least 100,000 Poles were massacred by the UPA.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
Her great-grandparents, innkeepers in modern-day Belarus, were massacred by the Nazis along with most of their town.
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Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
18 June 2026
Iran’s security services massacred protesters on a historic scale just weeks before Israel and the United States plunged the country into conflict.
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Laura Secor,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Set in the tumultuous 1880s American frontier, The Magnificent Seven 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.
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Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
Retroactively, they were interpreted as premonitions of the 1994 violence that saw many thousands of locals, primarily Tutsis, massacred at the hands of Hutu Génocidaires.
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Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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
In the 1980s and 1990s, Maoist insurgents planted car bombs and massacred tens of thousands of civilians.
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Antonia Mufarech,
Bloomberg,
15 May 2026
John Mason’s forces attacked a Pequot settlement near the Mystic River and massacred the village.
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USA Today,
13 May 2026
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
Her great-grandparents, innkeepers in modern-day Belarus, were massacred by the Nazis along with most of their town.
—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
18 June 2026
Iran’s security services massacred protesters on a historic scale just weeks before Israel and the United States plunged the country into conflict.
—
Laura Secor,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
Set in the tumultuous 1880s American frontier, The Magnificent Seven 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.
—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
Retroactively, they were interpreted as premonitions of the 1994 violence that saw many thousands of locals, primarily Tutsis, massacred at the hands of Hutu Génocidaires.
—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
26 May 2026
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.
—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
Washington Post,
16 May 2026
In the 1980s and 1990s, Maoist insurgents planted car bombs and massacred tens of thousands of civilians.
—
Antonia Mufarech,
Bloomberg,
15 May 2026
John Mason’s forces attacked a Pequot settlement near the Mystic River and massacred the village.
—
USA Today,
13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massacred
slaughtered
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Some 2 million people, nearly a quarter of the population, were slaughtered or starved to death.
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Muyuan Foods Group alone sold nearly 78 million hogs and slaughtered more than 28 million of them in 2025, according to the company.
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