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massacred

verb

past tense of massacre

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 The regime has demonstrated an extreme brutality toward the population, having massacred thousands of unarmed protestors this past January. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Soon after, in January, security forces massacred thousands of Iranian protesters with military-style weapons. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Then one day, Giuliano (now played by an excellent Romeo Perrone) comes home to discover all the animals massacred and his father gone. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026 In an effort to starve the Native Americans of the Great Plains, white settlers massacred many millions of North American buffalo between 1870 and 1890, piling the animals’ skulls into monstrous mounds reaching up to the sky. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026 At least 100,000 Poles were massacred by the UPA. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026 Her great-grandparents, innkeepers in modern-day Belarus, were massacred by the Nazis along with most of their town. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 June 2026 Iran’s security services massacred protesters on a historic scale just weeks before Israel and the United States plunged the country into conflict. — Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 Set in the tumultuous 1880s American frontier, The Magnificent Seven follows seven gifted but flawed mercenaries hired to protect a peaceful Quaker village after it is massacred by mercenaries working for a ruthless land baron trying to seize their land. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 June 2026

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In 1995, Mladic’s troops slaughtered more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica — the only post-World War II case of genocide in Europe.

— Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
In 1995, Mladic's troops slaughtered more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica — the only post-World War II case of genocide in Europe.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

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