Massacred
[mæsəkə]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Massacre
Typist: Rachel
Examples
- Every breathing creature within the walls was massacred. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The enemy main battle then broke and was massacred. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were massacred. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Alva murdered, sacked, and massacred--in vain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He then razed the castle to the ground, massacred the family and moved on. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Emperor Dessalines, come to power in 1804, massacred all the whites on the island. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He gained a victory at Jaffa, and, being short of provisions, _massacred all his prisoners_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He r efers to the shocking but unquestionable fact, that [in the latter struggle] all the women who appear above twenty years old are massacred in col d blood! Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Typist: Rachel