MASSACRE


Meaning of MASSACRE in English

n. & v.

n. 1 a general slaughter (of persons, occasionally of animals). 2 an utter defeat or destruction.

v.tr. 1 make a massacre of. 2 murder (esp. a large number of people) cruelly or violently.

[ OF, of unkn. orig. ]

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