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
Tradition says that on the 10th of Muharram, Husayn and his companions met Yazid’s military on the battlefield and were massacred.
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Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
But in places where criminal groups are more present than law enforcement, nearly every vigilante movement that has emerged in recent history has either been coopted by rival cartels or massacred.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
But vigilante movements in Mexico historically get co-opted by rival cartels or massacred, creating a dangerous spiral that could worsen after recent cartel leadership deaths.
—Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
In the latest January 2026 uprisings, it is estimated that the regime massacred in excess of 40,000 protestors.
—Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
But just last month, days after the Iranian regime massacred thousands of its own citizens, Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, sent out the opposite message.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026
Today Iranians are mourning thousands of their fellow citizens who were massacred during savage crackdowns on recent protests in Iran.
—Ramin Jahanbegloo, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
One of them, the Luisita Golf Course and Country Club, was built over a former sugar plantation where 14 striking workers were massacred in 2004.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
The main argument, though, was fragmentation for the sake of peace among the population - that is, for the benefit of the people being massacred by a powerful central regime, now and in years past.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
But in places where criminal groups are more present than law enforcement, nearly every vigilante movement that has emerged in recent history has either been coopted by rival cartels or massacred.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
But vigilante movements in Mexico historically get co-opted by rival cartels or massacred, creating a dangerous spiral that could worsen after recent cartel leadership deaths.
—Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
In the latest January 2026 uprisings, it is estimated that the regime massacred in excess of 40,000 protestors.
—Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
But just last month, days after the Iranian regime massacred thousands of its own citizens, Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, sent out the opposite message.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026
Today Iranians are mourning thousands of their fellow citizens who were massacred during savage crackdowns on recent protests in Iran.
—Ramin Jahanbegloo, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
One of them, the Luisita Golf Course and Country Club, was built over a former sugar plantation where 14 striking workers were massacred in 2004.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
The main argument, though, was fragmentation for the sake of peace among the population - that is, for the benefit of the people being massacred by a powerful central regime, now and in years past.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massacred
slaughtered
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Pigs were illegally slaughtered there.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Halal is hand-slaughtered by Muslims.—
Steve Metsch,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Massacred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massacred. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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