massacre
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈmæsəˌkɛr/
- Offensive
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masacre
- There was a massacre of civilians in Mosel.
- massacre of civilians
- prevent a massacre
- stop a massacre
It wasn't to blame Jews for a massacre that was inflicted on them.
- It wasn't to blame Jews for a massacre that was inflicted on them.
- It's been going on since the Jenin massacre myth, on and on.
- He said it looks like a massacre is what he said.
- The surprising thing after the Tiananmen Square massacre is possibly what didn't happen afterwards.
- That's where the, the, the Mormon massacre happened.
- There was a mass, there was a massacre of this, this family group in Sonora.
- And it's not just his disproportionate response to the Southport massacre, for example.
- Israel can only carry out high tech massacres.
Examples
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Acceptance of Hurst's offer may have prevented a massacre on the Cheyenne River Reservation.
Academic text (2008) -
For several weeks prior to the massacre, the atmosphere was unusually tense in the Occupied Territories.
Academic text (1991) -
My God, it was a massacre on this front.
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Seconds later the massacre was about to begin.
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Of course Max had heard of the massacre of women and children there.
Fiction book (1999) -
Whatever happens to them because of this massacre could also be visited upon us.
Fiction book (1992) -
This boy was the only one to survive that massacre.
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We didn't know that there had been a massacre there a year earlier.
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The newspaper headlines about the Grattan massacre had thrown a new light on things.
Fiction book (1992) -
The massacre of innocent villagers left the entire community in mourning.
Synonyms
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8.1
A very cruel or violent act that shocks people, often against innocent people
107
4.6
Killing or hurting many people in war and other violence
80
5.7
Violent killing of a large number of people
65
8.2
A mass killing of people, often during war or attacks
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7.0
A violent event in which many people are killed or a situation with very large losses
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6.7
Killing many people on purpose at the same time or in a short time
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9.3
A large-scale killing of people during war or political violence
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8.1
The very violent killing of many people
A killing of many people at once that is cruel
A violent event where many people are killed and people feel deep sorrow
Antonyms
Compounds
An event in the Bible where King Herod ordered baby boys in Bethlehem killed
How Deadly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Massacre comes from an old word that meant 'butchery' or 'slaughter', like the work of a butcher, so it came to mean a cruel killing of many people.