'wanton killings' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe when someone is killed without a justifiable reason or cause. Example sentence: The police are searching for the perpetrator of the wanton killing in the small town.
We can say Boko Haram has historical roots in resistance to the west, but it is not a justification for wanton killings.
Such wanton killings are, of course, entirely counterproductive to the causes they are supposed to promote – and the targets, shaped by a reactionary religious framework, feed the idea that these are some mutant product of European cultural wars.
As nearly half of Mexico's states prepare to hold local elections on Sunday, the outbreak of violence has proved an embarrassment for the new government of President Enrique Peña Nieto, who has promised to control violence and has sought to portray the country as on the mend from wanton killings.
He was a follower of the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who formed a branch of Al Qaeda in Iraq, but eventually fell out with Al Qaeda because his wanton killings of Shiites were too brutal even by Qaeda standards.
Violence is at a much lower level than in 2013, when predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels captured Bangui and oversaw nearly a year of looting and wanton killings.
William Munney Clint Eastwoodd), who Mr. Fuller claims is "purging a corner of Wyoming of the forces of corruption and cruelty with five quick killings at the picture's climax," is a killer for hire who has succeeded in getting Ned Logan -- his best friend and the only halfway decent male character in the film -- killed, and who has regressed to drinking and wanton killing as a result.
Leaders of moderate Arab governments continue to express support for the wanton killing of Israeli civilians.
The US said the video showed the "wanton killing of innocents" and the UK foreign minister condemned the "barbaric" act.
But India cannot be penalized for this restraint by continued cross-border infiltration and wanton killing of its innocent citizens.
It was agreed by those in attendance, including Beatty, that they would cease the wanton killing and looting, lay down their weapons, and go home.
ISIS has massacred religious minorities, including Christians and Yazidis, and American air strikes can prevent more wanton killing, the President has said.
