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- 1. the murder of a large number of people: "the mass murder of approximately six million European Jews during World War Two"
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Mass murder is the violent crime of killing a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in proximity. A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. In the United States, Congress defined mass killings as the killing of three or more persons during an event with no "cooling-off period" between the ho... Wikipedia