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massacre

/ˈmæs.ə.kə(ɹ)/noun, verb3 syllables

Massacre means: the savage and excessive killing of many people.

Synonyms for massacre6

noun, as in the savage and excessive killing of many people

slaughter, mass murder, carnage, butchery

verb, as in kill a large number of people indiscriminately

slaughter, mow down

also used for massacre

decimation

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What does massacre mean?2

noun

1

the savage and excessive killing of many people

verb

1

kill a large number of people indiscriminately“The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Massacre in a sentence

  • There was a massacre, and we didn't have enough courage to intervene.AlanF_US
  • Yitzhak wants true peace and justice, not political hypocrisy, racism, and massacres.OsoHombre
  • The general ordered the massacre of all war prisoners.unknown
  • I want those responsible for the massacre brought to trial.CM
  • What started out as an evening with friends ended up in a massacre.OsoHombre
  • Jonas is the mastermind behind the entire massacre.Amastan
  • There remain great fears of seeing the clashes degenerate into massacres.Paron
  • US history is riddled with massacres and genocides.AutoBot

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Forms of massacre

as a noun

plural
massacres

as a verb

past tense
massacred
present participle
massacring
third-person singular
massacres
past participle
massacred