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
Principals told to stop calling police chief There was so much chaos in the minutes after the gunman entered the classrooms and massacred the children and teachers inside that school police chief Arredondo called the district’s communication chief for help.
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Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 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
Ancestors from his paternal side survived the Sand Creek Massacre, while many of his ancestors from his maternal side were mutilated and massacred there; and at other genocidal campaigns that followed.
—Phillip Whiteman Jr., The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
Amato massacred his family after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his family to fund an online relationship with a Bulgarian cam model, according to court records.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Just days prior, Julani’s forces massacred between 800 and 2,000 Alawite and Christian civilians during a brutal crackdown on anti-government partisans along the coast.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Mar. 2025
Tallahassee After 17 students and teachers were massacred in one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings, their families begged Florida lawmakers for change.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 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
Ancestors from his paternal side survived the Sand Creek Massacre, while many of his ancestors from his maternal side were mutilated and massacred there; and at other genocidal campaigns that followed.
—Phillip Whiteman Jr., The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
Amato massacred his family after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his family to fund an online relationship with a Bulgarian cam model, according to court records.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Just days prior, Julani’s forces massacred between 800 and 2,000 Alawite and Christian civilians during a brutal crackdown on anti-government partisans along the coast.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Mar. 2025
Tallahassee After 17 students and teachers were massacred in one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings, their families begged Florida lawmakers for change.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massacred
slaughtered
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Yet the gun industry continues to manufacture millions of new guns a year, and conservative right-wing lawmakers continue to pledge allegiance to guns and not to their constituents who are being slaughtered with them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Of the 300,000 Chinese slaughtered by the Japanese Imperial Army during a six-week period, most were civilians who were were bayoneted, machine-gunned and burned alive.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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