transcription, транскрипция: [ mæsəkə(r) ]
( massacres, massacring, massacred)
1.
A massacre is the killing of a large number of people at the same time in a violent and cruel way.
Maria lost her 62-year-old mother in the massacre.
...reports of massacre, torture and starvation.
N-VAR
2.
If people are massacred , a large number of them are attacked and killed in a violent and cruel way.
300 civilians are believed to have been massacred by the rebels...
Troops indiscriminately massacred the defenceless population.
VERB : be V-ed , V n