massacres

• annihilates
• annihilations
• assassinates
• assassinations
• bloodbaths
• bloodlettings
• bloodsheds
• blots out
• butcheries
• butchers
• carnages
• croaks
• deaths
• decimates
• decimations
• demolishes
• destroys
• destructions
• devastates
• devastations
• dispatches
• does in
• eradicates
• eradications
• executes
• executions
• exterminates
• exterminations
• fells
• foul play
• genocides
• holocausts
• homicides
• killings
• manslaughters
• mortalities
• murders
• pogroms
• slaughters
• slayings
• slays
• smites
• snuffs
• wastes
• wipes out

• noun
  1. The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms.
  2. Murder.
  3. Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport.
• verb
  1. To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.).
  2. To win so decisively it is in the manner of so slaughtering one's opponent.
  3. To give a performance so poorly it is in the manner of so slaughtering the musical piece, play etc being performed.

• The documentary covers several historic massacres around the world.
• Survivors of the massacres gave emotional testimonies in court.
• The war left behind a trail of destruction and countless massacres.
• Books about political massacres often stir public debate.
• International organizations investigated the alleged massacres.

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obliterations

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