mass execution
Example Sentences
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On sites of mass execution of Jews by the Nazis, on Soviet territory, there were few monuments or plaques referencing Jewish victims.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
It remains the largest mass execution of American soldiers by the US Army.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2023
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation — but merely a few days before he had ordered the execution of 38 Dakota men, which “remains the largest mass execution in the history of the United States.”
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2021
In the state of Arkansas this weekend, one of America’s largest and most successful businesses intervened in an historic legal action to try to stop a mass execution from going ahead.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2017
There have been rumors in the village that Pa was not killed in a Khmer Rouge mass execution.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
