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Only two revolutionaries indiscriminately killed (9)

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I believe the answer is:

butchered

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'indiscriminately killed' is the definition.
'butchered' can be an answer for 'killed' (butchering is a kind of killing). I'm not certain of the 'indiscriminately' bit.

'only two revolutionaries' is the wordplay.
'two revolutionaries' can mean two replacements for 'revolutionary'.
'only' becomes 'but' (but can mean only - eg 'life is but a dream').
'revolutionary' becomes 'Che' (Che Guevara the Marxist revolutionary).
'revolutionary' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean communist).
'but'+'che'+'red'='BUTCHERED'

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(Other definitions for butchered that I've seen before include "slaughtered" , "Massacred" , "may be killed" , "Killed brutally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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