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massacre

noun as in killing of many

verb as in kill, often in great numbers

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The Onion’s bid was backed by the families of eight victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre and a first responder.

Mexico has seen continued gang wars, massacres and assassinations since Sheinbaum took office.

They were endorsed again the week after the massacre, as if they were not shocking but the logical evolution of four decades of messaging that, until that terrible August day, had failed to land.

From Salon

Every day seems to bring fresh headlines of another massacre.

According to Human Rights Watch, the military massacred more than 220 civilians - including at least 56 children - in a single day earlier this year.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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