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massacre
('m/&/s/@/k/@/r )

noun (n)

  • the savage and excessive killing of many people(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    butchery, carnage, mass murder, slaughter
    source: wordnet30
  • The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • kill a large number of people indiscriminately(verb.change)
    Example:
    The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda.
    Synonym:
    mow down, slaughter
    source: wordnet30
  • To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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