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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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