Entry Word: massacre

Function: noun

Meaning: the killing of a large number of people <the infamous massacre of more than 200 Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota>

Synonyms butchery, carnage, slaughter

Related Words bloodshed, foul play, homicide, killing, manslaughter, murder, slaying; mortality; annihilation, decimation, demolishing, destruction, devastation, eradication, extermination; genocide; assassination, execution