massacre
noun
the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
were massacring
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past progressiveof massacre.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“Paul Rusesabagina managed to do the impossible to save our lives at the moment when others were massacring their own children, their own wives.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2021
She made it sound as if they were massacring endangered baby eagles.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2019
As for another old friend, Jordan's King Hussein, Sadat recalled scornfully that while the Syrians and Jordanians were massacring the Palestinians in years past, Egypt was helping them gain recognition.
From Time Magazine Archive
