Definitions from Wiktionary (massacre)
▸ noun: The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Murder.
▸ noun: (figuratively) Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport.
▸ verb: (transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)
▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively) To win against (an opponent) very decisively.
▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively) To perform (a work, such as a musical piece or a play) very poorly.
▸ verb: (transitive, proscribed) To kill with great force or brutality.
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▸ noun: The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Murder.
▸ noun: (figuratively) Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport.
▸ verb: (transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)
▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively) To win against (an opponent) very decisively.
▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively) To perform (a work, such as a musical piece or a play) very poorly.
▸ verb: (transitive, proscribed) To kill with great force or brutality.
Similar:
mass murder,
mow down,
slaughter,
massacree,
bloodbath,
mass destruction,
decimation,
multicide,
democide,
bloodshed,
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general,
indian,
terrible,
wholesale,
great,
bloody,
horrible,
indiscriminate,
dreadful,
infamous,
brutal
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