1. massacre - Noun
2. massacre - Verb
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 dictionaryAs 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