as in slaughter
the killing of a large number of people
the infamous massacre of more than 200 Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota
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as in to slaughter
to kill on a large scale
the country's rival ethnic groups began massacring one another
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Recent Examples of massacre
Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
The massacre of the people of Gaza continues unabated.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
My mother once told me that Japanese soldiers lined up her friends in schools and churches for what appeared to be routine roll calls, only to massacre them.
—Butch Meily, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
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Noun
Nearby is Greenwood, a district of the city where deep reflection is needed because of a horrific massacre there in 1921.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
The massacre of the people of Gaza continues unabated.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Verb
Instead, Tanya ends up massacring the entire boat — absurdly, hilariously, beautifully — with a gun with her eyes closed.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
My mother once told me that Japanese soldiers lined up her friends in schools and churches for what appeared to be routine roll calls, only to massacre them.
—Butch Meily, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
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slaughter
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The first half begins in Poland, where seven-year-old Jakob Beer is the sole member of his Jewish family to survive the Nazis’ brutal slaughter.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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Jess remembers her first on-farm slaughter years ago when a female spooked and tore through the woods.—
Bennet Goldstein,
jsonline.com,
4 July 2025
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“Massacre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacre. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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