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massacre


Definition: Meaning of, massacre in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmasəkə /

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massacre massacres
  1. [uncountable and countable] when a lot of people are killed violently, especially people who cannot defend themselves
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  2. [countable] informal a very bad defeat in a game or competition
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
massacre massacred massacred
Present Participle Third Person Singular
massacring massacres
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  1. to kill a lot of people or animals in a violent way, especially when they cannot defend themselves
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  2. informal to defeat someone very badly in a game, competition etc
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  3. informal to spoil part of a play, a song etc by performing it very badly
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massacre used in phrases

  • Boston Massacre, the
    1. one of the events that started the AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR . In 1770 a group of Boston citizens, who were angry because the British army was in their town, threatened a British soldier. Other soldiers fired their guns into the crowd, killing five people.
  • Massacre of the Innocents, the
    1. a story in the New Testament of the BIBLE in which King HEROD hears about the birth of the MESSIAH in Bethlehem. He orders all male babies in the town to be killed so that the MESSIAH will not live, but Jesus and his family escape before this happens.
  • My Lai massacre, the
    1. a village in Vietnam where, in 1968, a group of US soldiers killed several hundred people, mostly old people, women, and children, during the Vietnam War. This event influenced many Americans to oppose the war.
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