massacred
Wiped out violently
Massacred is the past tense of massacre—to kill a large number of people or animals, especially brutally or indiscriminately: Soldiers massacred the villagers.
The word emphasizes scale and violence beyond ordinary killing.
Informally, massacred describes crushing defeat: We got massacred in the finals.
Also used for ruining something badly: The editor massacred my article.
Killed violently, often many
- butcheredKilled and dismembered crudely
- killedCaused to die
- murderedKilled with intent
- slainKilled, often violently
executed · annihilated · exterminated · carnage · bloodshed · atrocity · genocide · victims
Killed and dismembered crudely
- mangledSeverely disfigured or ruined
- botchedPoorly executed, spoiled
- bungledPerformed ineptly, failed
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
destroyed · wrecked · mutilated · slaughtered · hacked · desecrated · defaced · mishandled
Compressed into fragments
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- destroyedMade to cease existing
- annihilatedCompletely destroyed, nothing remaining
- routedOverwhelmingly defeated
trounced · obliterated · humiliated · dominated · thrashed · walloped · steamrolled · blowout
slaughtered
Killed violently, often many
slain · executed · annihilated · exterminated · carnage · bloodshed · atrocity · genocide · victims · casualties
butchered
Killed and dismembered crudely
ruined · destroyed · wrecked · mutilated · slaughtered · hacked · desecrated · defaced · mishandled · garbled
crushed
Compressed into fragments
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- destroyedMade to cease existing
- annihilatedCompletely destroyed, nothing remaining
routed · trounced · obliterated · humiliated · dominated · thrashed · walloped · steamrolled · blowout · shutout
- demolishedbeaten, defeated, crushed, destroyed, demolished
- killedkilled, murdered, slain, assassinated, executed
- Boston Massacre1770 deadly colonial confrontation
- Texas Chainsaw MassacreSlasher horror franchise
- Wounded Knee Massacre1890 military killing of Lakota
- Nanking Massacre1937 mass atrocity against Chinese civilians
- September MassacresRevolutionary tribunal mob killings
- Saturday Night Massacre1973 Watergate-era firings