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Meanings of massacres in English

Russian
бойня
Portuguese
massacre
Catalan
massacre
Spanish
masacre

Incident where some group is killed by another.

      бойня
      Usage of massacres in English
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      Otherwise massacres at sea will never stop, she told news agency AdnKronos.
      The Guardian
      2
      He held power for 17 years, during which he organized innumerable massacres.
      The new yorker
      3
      MSF said more massacres were likely and called for action from MONUC.
      Reuters
      4
      In Central India long-sustained and fierce conflicts followed brutal and cowardly massacres.
      The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
      5
      However, the east has remained volatile, shaken by sporadicfighting and ethnic massacres.
      The Irish Times
      6
      Damian Popovitch, the leader of the regicides, led the massacres of Kosovo.
      Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle
      7
      The massacres of the Revolution have replied to the massacres of Saint-Bartholomew.
      Catherine De Medici
      8
      March 19-Appallingconditions prevail in Armenia, following massacres by Turks and Kurds.
      New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, ...
      9
      Gradually diseases like smallpox and unauthorised massacres began wiping out the population.
      News.com.au
      10
      Here one of the most atrocious massacres of the West took place.
      In a Steamer Chair, and Other Stories
      11
      The news of these two massacres drove the whole people to madness.
      For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
      12
      What about the wholesale massacres in the name of the true faith?
      The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth?
      13
      Obama has issued public statements before in the aftermath of shooting massacres.
      Reuters
      14
      The capture of other towns was accompanied by massacres little less terrible.
      General History for Colleges and High Schools
      15
      What is the value of oral and written testimony of the massacres?
      The Guardian
      16
      It will not discriminate shades of hue, it massacres all the shadowed.
      Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4
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