massacre
31massacre — [[t]mæ̱səkə(r)[/t]] massacres, massacring, massacred 1) N VAR A massacre is the killing of a large number of people at the same time in a violent and cruel way. Maria lost her 62 year old mother in the massacre. ...reports of massacre, torture… …
32massacre — I. noun Etymology: Middle French Date: circa 1578 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… …
33massacre — 1. noun /ˈmæs.ə.kə(ɹ)/ The intentional killing of a considerable number of human beings, under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people. the massacre on Syn: butchery, carnage, slaughter …
34massacre — n. to carry out, perpetrate a massacre * * * [ mæsəkə] perpetrate a massacre to carry out …
35massacre — mas|sa|cre1 [ mæsəkər ] noun * 1. ) count or uncount the killing of a lot of people: the massacre of unarmed civilians 2. ) count INFORMAL a serious defeat in a game or competition massacre mas|sa|cre 2 [ mæsəkər ] verb transitive 1. ) to kill a… …
36massacre — 1 verb (T) 1 to kill a lot of people, especially people who cannot defend themselves: The army massacred French civilians. see kill 1 2 informal to defeat someone very badly in a game or competition 2 noun 1 (C, U) the killing of a lot of people …
37massacre — 1. noun 1) a cold blooded massacre of innocent civilians Syn: slaughter, wholesale/mass slaughter, indiscriminate killing, mass murder, mass execution, annihilation, liquidation, decimation, extermination; carnage, butchery, bloodbath,… …
38massacre — mas•sa•cre [[t]ˈmæs ə kər[/t]] n. v. cred, cring 1) the wanton killing of a large number of esp. unresisting human beings 2) a general slaughter of animals 3) cvb the inflicting of great damage or defeat 4) to kill in a massacre; slaughter 5) inf …
39massacre — n.m. Faire un massacre, remporter un grand succès, faire un malheur, un tabac (spect.) …
40massacre — 1. noun a cold blooded massacre Syn: slaughter, mass killing, mass murder, mass execution, ethnic cleansing, genocide, holocaust, annihilation, liquidation, extermination, carnage, butchery, bloodbath, bloodletting 2. verb thousands were… …
