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
Hamas is a terrorist group that provoked a terrible war by massacring civilians.
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
The visitors ended up massacring a village, which left her devastated.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Equal Justice Initiative In 1898, white supremacists orchestrated a coup in Wilmington, North Carolina, overthrowing a biracial government and massacring dozens of Black citizens.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 25 June 2020
Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
The visitors ended up massacring a village, which left her devastated.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Equal Justice Initiative In 1898, white supremacists orchestrated a coup in Wilmington, North Carolina, overthrowing a biracial government and massacring dozens of Black citizens.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 25 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massacring
slaughtering
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Despite the fact ostrich feathers can be harvested without slaughtering, Collective Fashion Justice published research in 2023 that found all ostrich feather production systems ultimately kill the bird.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Butchering an animal for meat — slaughtering cows, pigs, lambs — was an act of necessity, not pleasure.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Massacring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacring. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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