Example sentences for: massacred

How can you use “massacred” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Algerian atrocity watch : Militants 1) decapitated or cut the throats of 12 children and 26 adults in one village; 2) similarly massacred 22 children and 15 adults in another village; 3) slaughtered 20 teen-agers and young adults at a wedding; and 4) attacked a school bus and killed the driver and 16 children, some of whom were shot through the head.

  • Or like the U.N.'s conclusion yesterday that Congolese soldiers and their Rwandan allies massacred unarmed Hutu refugees in 1996-1997 and that the current Congolese government of Laurent Kabila blocked the U.N.'s investigation.

  • But Palermo rose up against the French in the murderous Sicilian Vespers of 1282, when the locals massacred everyone who spoke Italian with a French accent and forced Charles to move his capital to Naples.

  • Last week, Serbian police massacred at least 51 Albanians in the Yugoslavian province of Kosovo.

  • 4) The new boss may not turn out much different from the old boss: A U.N. report says the rebels have massacred hundreds of Hutu refugees and civilians.


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