MASSACRE


Meaning of MASSACRE in English

(~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

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