massacre

Speech parts

1. massacre - Noun

2. massacre - Verb

Meaning

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

Synonyms

butchery slaughter carnage gore holocaust shellac chine slay butcher decimation steamroller abattoir violence kill killing
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Antonyms

renaissance providence ranger hermitage lee fender
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Hypernyms

kill execution murder slaying

Hyponyms

bloodshed bloodletting bloodbath battue

Phrases with the word

brain cell massacre huge massacre monumental massacre bigger massacre

Derivatives

massacred massacring

Anagrams

massacer

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

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