(~s, massacring, ~d)
1.
A ~ 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 ~.
...reports of ~, torture and starvation.
N-VAR
2.
If people are ~d, a large number of them are attacked and killed in a violent and cruel way.
300 civilians are believed to have been ~d by the rebels...
Troops indiscriminately ~d the defenceless population.
VERB: be V-ed, V n