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massacre

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

1mas·sa·cre

noun \ˈma-si-kər\

Definition of MASSACRE

1
: the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
2
: a cruel or wanton murder
3
: a wholesale slaughter of animals
4
: an act of complete destruction <the author's massacre of traditional federalist presuppositions — R. G. McCloskey>

Examples of MASSACRE

  1. The game turned out to be a complete massacre.
  2. <the infamous massacre of more than 200 Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota>

Origin of MASSACRE

Middle French
First Known Use: circa 1578

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