Kirundi
kugeseza
Word parts: ku-geseza
ku-ge-SE-za
How to say it
Kirundikugesezaku-ge-SE-zasoon
Englishto massacresoon
Frenchmassacrersoon
Meaning
to massacre, to kill a great number of people violently.
Good to know
a strong, grim word reserved for mass killing, not ordinary violence.
Examples
- Abasirikare bageseje abanyagihugu benshi.The soldiers massacred many civilians.
- Ntibigeze bageseza uwo mudugudu.They never massacred that village.
- Amateka yibuka ukuntu bageseje abantu muri iyo ntambara.History remembers how people were massacred in that war.
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