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- DictionaryMas·sa·cre/ˈmasəkər/
noun
- 1. an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people: "the attack was described as a cold-blooded massacre"
verb
- 1. deliberately and violently kill (a large number of people): "thousands were brutally massacred by soldiers"
A massacre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless. It is generally used to describe a targeted killing of civilians en masse by an armed group or person. The word is a loan of a French term for "butchery" or "carnage".
1. : to violently kill (a group of people) : slaughter. Hundreds have been massacred in the uprising. 2. informal : to easily defeat (someone or something) The other team really massacred us on Saturday. 3. : to do (something) very badly : to ruin (something) because of lack of skill. He really massacred that song.
Definition of massacre noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A massacre is a big bloody mess of killing, and usually for no good reason. Not that there’s ever a good reason for killing, but massacres are especially pointless and gory. It’s unclear where the word massacre came from, but possibly it was the Old French word macacre, which means “slaughterhouse.”. As a noun, massacre is a brutal ...
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3 days ago · the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder. 2. a general slaughter, as of persons or animals. the massacre of millions during the war. 3. informal.
MASSACRE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary. Meaning of massacre – Learner’s Dictionary. massacre. noun [ C ] uk / ˈmæsəkə r/ us. Add to word list. the killing of a lot of people: He ordered the massacre of over 2,000 women and children. massacre. verb [ T ] Hundreds of civilians were massacred in the raid.
(informal) a very big defeat in a game or competition The game was a 10–0 massacre for our team. See massacre in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: massacre. Definition of massacre noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
