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   massacre

   /ˈmasəkə/

   noun

   • 1. an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people: "the attack was described as a cold-blooded massacre" Similar slaughterwholesale slaughtermass slaughterwholesale killingindiscriminate killingmurdermurderingmass murdermass homicideexecutionmass executiondestructionmass destructionannihilationexterminationliquidationdecimationcarnagebutcherybloodbathbloodlettingpogromgenocideethnic cleansingholocaustShoahnight of the long knivesliterary:slayingrare:battuehecatomb
   • ▪ a heavy defeat of a sporting team or contestant: "the 25,000 ecstatic fans that packed into Coruna's shabby Riazor Stadium witnessed a massacre" Similar routcrushing defeatoverwhelming defeatdefeattrouncingannihilationdebaclefiascoinformal:lickinghammeringclobberingthrashingpastingdrubbinghidingcaningdemolitiongoing-overpoundingshellacking

   verb

   • 1. deliberately and brutally kill (many people): "thousands were brutally massacred by soldiers" Similar slaughterbutchermurderkillannihilateexterminateexecuteliquidateeliminatedestroydecimatekill offwipe outmow downcut downcut to piecesput to the swordput to deathsend to the gas chambersliterary:slay
   • ▪ inflict a heavy defeat on (a sporting opponent): "we haven't been massacred in any game over the last six years" Similar trouncedefeat utterlybeat hollowwin a resounding victory overannihilatedrubroutgive someone a drubbingcrushoverwhelmbring someone to their kneesinformal:hammerclobberthrashpastegive someone a pastingwhippoundpulverizecrucifydemolishdestroywipe the floor withtake to the cleanersmake mincemeat ofmurderflattenturn inside outrun rings aroundstuffmarmalizeshellacblow outcreamskunkown
   • ▪ perform (a piece of music, a play, etc.) very ineptly: "the choir was massacring ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, of unknown origin.

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   verb [ T ] uk / ˈmæs.ə.kə r/ us / ˈmæs.ə.kɚ / to kill many people in a short period of time: Hundreds of civilians were massacred in the raid. informal. to defeat an opponent very badly in a competition or election: England was massacred 5–0 by France in the semifinal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   /ˈmæsəkər/ Verb Forms. massacre somebody to kill a large number of people, especially in a cruel way. Hundreds of innocent women and children were massacred. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

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    The meaning of MASSACRE is the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty. How to use massacre in a sentence.

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    How is the noun massacre pronounced? British English. /ˈmasəkə/ MASS-uh-kuh. U.S. English. /ˈmæsəkər/ MASS-uh-kuhr. See pronunciation. Where does the noun massacre come from? Earliest known use. late 1500s. The earliest known use of the noun massacre is in the late 1500s.