Massacring

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Massacre \Mas"sa*cre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Massacred}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Massacring}.] [Cf. F. massacrer. See {Massacre}, n.]
     To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not
     be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without
     necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher;
     to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings.


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           If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as
           Maximian had massacred the Theban legion. --Macaulay.
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