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massacre
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the killing of a large number of people the infamous massacre of more than 200 Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Synonyms bloodbath, butchery, carnage, death, holocaust, slaughter Related Words bloodletting, bloodshed, foul play, homicide, killing, manslaughter, murder, slaying; mortality; annihilation, decimation, demolishing, destruction, devastation, eradication, extermination; genocide, pogrom; assassination, execution
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massacre
Synonyms and Antonyms of massacre
to kill on a large scale the country's rival ethnic groups began massacring one another Synonyms butcher, mow (down), slaughter Related Words assassinate, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, fell, murder, slay, smite, snuff; annihilate, blot out, decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, eradicate, exterminate, waste, wipe out
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