Usually means: Killing of children; historical atrocities.
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  1. massacre of the innocents: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Massacre of the Innocents: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Massacre of the Innocents (Bruegel), Massacre of the Innocents (Guido Reni), Massacre of the Innocents (Rubens), Massacre of the Innocents, The Massacre of the Innocents (Poussin): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Massacre of the Innocents: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  5. Massacre of the Innocents: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. Massacre of the Innocents: Wiktionary

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noun:  (Christianity) The incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.
noun:  (UK, politics, humorous) The abandonment of potentially useful measures at the end of a session in the House of Commons, since there is no time to pass them.

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