I. verb
Synonyms: slaughter 3, annihilate, decimate, exterminate, wipe (out)
II. noun
the act or an instance of killing a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
the massacre of the Indians by the soldiers and settlers
Synonyms: bloodbath, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, slaughter
Related Word: blood purge, decimation, genocide, pogrom; internecion; assassination, killing, murder, slaying