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massacre

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1. massacre - Noun

2. massacre - Verb

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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.

Murder.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love. Pythagoras

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre. Philip Roth

The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre. Michel de Montaigne

There are always survivors at a massacre. Among the victors, if nowhere else. Lois McMaster Bujold

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other. Paul Valéry

When the Indian wins, it is a massacre. Native American Proverb

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