mass murder

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As for “Extrapolations,” it’s certainly laden with noble ideas, such as “ecocide,” which codifies destroying the environment as a crime akin to mass murder.

From New York Times

The largest mass murder and suicide in modern history is recounted in this documentary.

From Los Angeles Times

Cambodia: Shadowy rebel used mass murder in bid to reshape society.

From Los Angeles Times

The legal reckoning with the Holocaust began early, even before the war ended, with the Soviet trials of perpetrators of mass murder in Krasnodar and Kharkov in 1943.

From Washington Post

The Holocaust was the mass murder of Europe’s Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies before and during World War II. An estimated 6 million Jews were killed.

From Washington Post