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massacre |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Massacre \Mas"sa*cre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Massacred}; p. pr & vb n. {Massacring}.] [Cf. F. massacrer. See {Massacre}, n.] To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings. If James should be pleased to massacre them all as Maximian had massacred the Theban legion. --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Massacre \Mas"sa*cre\, n. [F., fr LL mazacrium cf Prov. G. metzgern, metzgen, to kill cattle, G. metzger a butcher, and LG matsken to cut, hew, OHG. meizan to cut, Goth. m['a]itan.] 1. The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as the massacre on St Bartholomew's Day From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: massacre n : the wanton killing of many people [syn: {mass murder}] v : kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" [syn: {slaughter}, {mow down}]
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