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
For his loyalty to his sibling, Kwei receives the unwelcome reward of being massacred in front of a helpless Dek.
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Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Two months later, more than 100 people were massacred by attackers in Yelwata, a largely Christian community in Benue state, also in the north-central, according to Amnesty International.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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
Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Two months later, more than 100 people were massacred by attackers in Yelwata, a largely Christian community in Benue state, also in the north-central, according to Amnesty International.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massacred
slaughtered
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Apart from Ciri, who assumed the fake name Falka and spent the season with the group, the Rats are extremely dead — not just slaughtered by Leo Bonhart but decapitated with each of their heads sawed off and dumped into a barrel for preservation.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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His dishes include hand-slaughtered, halal chicken from the brand Crescent, which Ashraf calls the best of the best.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Massacred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacred. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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