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noun

ˈma-si-kər

Definition of massacre

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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verb

as in to slaughter

to kill on a large scale the country's rival ethnic groups began massacring one another

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The issue has been particularly salient for low-income families living near fields of coca, the shrub used to make cocaine, as human rights organizations documented more than 50 massacres in Colombia just this year. — CBS News, 29 June 2026 Sacramento County prosecutors have placed Martin and Payton at the center of the massacre, a shootout at 10th and K streets that prosecutors say was fueled by gang rivalry, score-settling, anger and bravado, with deadly consequences. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026

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Nawrocki this month stripped Zelenskyy of Poland’s highest state honor, because Zelenskyy named a military unit after a Ukrainian paramilitary organization accused of massacring Poles during the war. — ABC News, 25 June 2026 The San Diego duo responsible for a deadly mosque attack earlier this month were tweens in 2019 when a white supremacist livestreamed himself massacring 51 worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand. — Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for massacre

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The rigidity and delusions of tyrannies are incorrigible; their purity spirals end in executions, not just cancellations; their adventures end in devastation and slaughter.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Ruthye needs someone to avenge the slaughter of her family at the hands of Krem of the Yellow Hills.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

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