Sentence examples for are massacres from inspiring English sources
noun
The killing of a considerable number where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms.
- St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
"There are massacres and there are massacres" he said, arguing that "it may be the 21st century, but African lives are still deemed less newsworthy – and, by implication, less valuable – than western lives".
"If everyone says there are killings, there are massacres, then I will stay powerless at home and this will disable the country," he said.
"There are massacres right now all over Europe!!
Your country "needs to support us when there are massacres," she is quoted as saying.
Indians are massacred, slaves are sold.
Paramilitary gunmen are massacring civilians.
NIGHT after hideous night, Algerian families are massacred.
Yet no country can remain passive while civilians are massacred.
Hen harriers and all other potential predators are massacred.
The "colonialist crusader aggressors" (that's NATO) are not protecting civilians; they are massacring them.
A day or two later, they are massacred by Comanche raiders.
