massacre
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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>
See Examples of MASSACRE
- The game turned out to be a complete massacre.
- <the infamous massacre of more than 200 Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota>
Origin of MASSACRE
Middle French
First Known Use: circa 1578
2massacre
transitive verbmas·sa·credmas·sa·cring \-k(ə-)riŋ\
Definition of MASSACRE
1
: to kill by massacre
2
: mangle 2 <words were misspelled and syntax massacred — Bice Clemow>
— mas·sa·crer \-kər-ər, -krər\ noun
Examples of MASSACRE
- Hundreds have been massacred in the uprising.
- The other team really massacred us on Saturday.
- He really massacred that song.
First Known Use of MASSACRE
1581
Related to MASSACRE
- Synonyms
- butcher, mow (down), slaughter
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