COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL MASSACRE, THE


Meaning of COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL MASSACRE, THE in English

ˌColumbine ˈHigh School ˌmassacre, the BrE AmE

an event in which two teenage boys, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, used guns in an attack on their high school in Colorado. They killed 13 people and injured many more before killing themselves. The attack led many people to question the influence of violence in American popular culture, for example in films, music and video games.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.