as in slaughtered
to kill on a large scale
the country's rival ethnic groups began massacring one another
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October 7th, Hamas terrorists massacred over 1400 Israelis and took prisoners.
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Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
The current conflict on the Lebanese border began last October 8th—the day after Hamas militants from Gaza massacred twelve hundred people in southern Israel and took a couple of hundred more hostage—when Hezbollah began firing rockets into the northern part of the country.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Journalists and human rights investigators have unearthed strong evidence that both Ethiopian and Eritrean troops have massacred large numbers of civilians.
—Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2021
Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
The current conflict on the Lebanese border began last October 8th—the day after Hamas militants from Gaza massacred twelve hundred people in southern Israel and took a couple of hundred more hostage—when Hezbollah began firing rockets into the northern part of the country.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Journalists and human rights investigators have unearthed strong evidence that both Ethiopian and Eritrean troops have massacred large numbers of civilians.
—Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2021
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