Sentence examples for widespread killing from inspiring English sources

Sudan, Zimbabwe and Gabon are among countries that have seen widespread killing.

Stories about the Devil taking her body, unnatural storms, and loitering black cats quickly arose after her death, and local men killed every feline they could find; this widespread killing of cats might have caused the infestation of rats and mice recorded in Princess Anne County in 1743.

But the widespread killing and potential extinction of the world's last remaining great animals is the tragedy.

Assad has overseen the most directed, widespread killing of civilians by state forces since the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's militias rampaged through Darfur a decade ago.

Experts in international law consider it "preposterous and completely implausible" that the president would be unaware of systematic and widespread killing and torture.

The dictator, whose eight-year reign of terror in Uganda in the 1970's was marked by widespread killing and torture, was about 78.

There are growing fears of a return to the widespread sectarian killing that pushed the country to the brink of civil war after the 2003 US-led invasion.

Earlier 13 people were killed in flooding in São Paulo state.In Colombia months of heavy rain have caused widespread flooding, killing at least 312 people in the worst natural disaster in the country's history.

In Sichuan Province, rainstorms caused widespread flooding, killing 86 people.

In the Dominican Republic, Emily's heavy rains caused widespread mudslides, killing two people.

The rainfall resulted in widespread flooding, killing three people in Rivas.