Massacre (Verb)
Meaning
Kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The soldiers were found guilty of massacring hundreds of civilians in the village during the war.
- Government forces were accused of massacring protesters who clashed with police in the city square.
- The invading army massacred the defenders and set fire to the town, leaving few survivors.
- Historians estimate that the conquistadors massacred over 90% of the native population when they arrived in the Americas.
- Rampaging mobs began to massacre anyone who stood in their way as the chaos spread throughout the city.