as in slaughtering
to kill on a large scale
the country's rival ethnic groups began massacring one another
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Recent Examples of massacring
Gangs, rebels, and soldiers started massacring elephants, sometimes from military helicopters.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
The San Diego duo responsible for a deadly mosque attack earlier this month were tweens in 2019 when a white supremacist livestreamed himself massacring 51 worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 31 May 2026
There’s a big fight with Dogknott and Sheline who, in-between sniffing one another’s butts, start massacring the test audience.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Iran is at war, and its regime, after massacring protesters in January, has now hardened in combat.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026
The regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran is massacring young people and destroying Iran’s future.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
The military has been documented going on bloody rampages, torching and bombing villages, massacring residents, jailing opponents and forcing young men and women to join the army.
—Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
For his part, once freed, the Ghoul sets to work massacring the gang with cartoonish brutality; gotta love the grenade kill at the end, setting off a shower of limbs, blood, and various vital organs.
—Jack King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Hamas is a terrorist group that provoked a terrible war by massacring civilians.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
The San Diego duo responsible for a deadly mosque attack earlier this month were tweens in 2019 when a white supremacist livestreamed himself massacring 51 worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 31 May 2026
There’s a big fight with Dogknott and Sheline who, in-between sniffing one another’s butts, start massacring the test audience.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Iran is at war, and its regime, after massacring protesters in January, has now hardened in combat.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026
The regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran is massacring young people and destroying Iran’s future.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
The military has been documented going on bloody rampages, torching and bombing villages, massacring residents, jailing opponents and forcing young men and women to join the army.
—Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
For his part, once freed, the Ghoul sets to work massacring the gang with cartoonish brutality; gotta love the grenade kill at the end, setting off a shower of limbs, blood, and various vital organs.
—Jack King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Hamas is a terrorist group that provoked a terrible war by massacring civilians.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massacring
slaughtering
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Later on, plundering Barbary pirates raided Mallorca, looting possessions, slaughtering inhabitants and capturing others for the slave trade.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Here, up to 20 courses are prepared with ritual precision, from seafood treated with the ikejime (humane fish-slaughtering) method, to rice and wasabi sourced from long-standing Japanese suppliers.—
Rachel Ingram,
Robb Report,
10 May 2026
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“Massacring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacring. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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