Massacre

Examples

• When the massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Eve deluged France with the blood of Protestants Catherine saw that Palissy was spared from the general destruction. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I believe that we could make a massacre. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I would like to have the massacre here and the bridge, too. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I am averse to useless massacre. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Every one of those had perished in the massacre; every human creature he had since cared for and parted with, had died on the scaffold. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• And in spite of raid and massacre they were just as invincible because they had the pressure of numbers and a strong avenging government behind them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Irish Catholics had made a massacre of the Protestant English in Ireland, and now Cromwell suppressed the Irish insurrection with great vigour. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We hear too much in history of the campaigns and massacres of the Mongols, and not enough of their indubitable curiosity and zest for learning. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There are set-backs, massacres, pestilence; but the story is, on the whole, one of enlargement. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Turks adopted violent repressive measures, and embarked upon massacres of Bulgarians on an enormous scale. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• All the massacres of Hulagu and Timurlane were as nothing to this. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They had probably been drifting about Western Asia for some centuries before the massacres of Timurlane drove them over the Hellespont. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They are massacring all within the amphitheatre. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I read of men concerned in public affairs governing or massacring their species. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Who knows but what we might be better employed putting the town into a state of defense than massacring people with this slowness and brutality. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• 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.

Edited by Guthrie