I. noun
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Virginia Tech Massacre, the
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■ ADJECTIVE
responsible
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He formerly commanded the army's Fifth Brigade, widely held responsible for the massacres of Matabeleland rebels.
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To minimize risks, they would not be required to disarm the several militia groups responsible for recent massacres .
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The bombing of Dresden was one of the worst massacres in European history.
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The soldiers who carried out the massacre have not been identified.
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The students claimed the two men had ordered the massacre of 200 people in Kwangju.
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A charred baby carriage still stood on the altar steps, exactly where it had been found after the massacre .
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Chong plays a reporter who survives a massacre in the opening scenes, then tells her story on videotape.
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He may have brought only dishonour to the name of the county but his involvement in the massacre should not be forgotten.
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I think the huge scale massacre of pheasants is revolting.
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In the massacres that followed, however, thousands died.
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The situation is probably a cyclic one anyway, with man only partly responsible for the present coral massacre .
II. verb
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■ NOUN
people
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Earlier this month Unita massacred about 250 people when it ambushed a train carrying refugees.
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A family of eight was massacred by unidentified gunmen.
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Claims by refugees that 1000 people had been massacred were denied by the local authorities.
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They have massacred hundreds of innocent people.
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All of the films are about teenagers getting massacred by monsters.
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If you murder just one person you can be executed, and they massacred many.
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In the distance smoke rose over the old city, where Hindu mobs were massacring Sikhs in reprisal for Indira's assassination.
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The inquisitive Warlord turned to realign itself with its mechanical peers which strode onward together in line abreast, to massacre Marines.
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They say we massacred him, but he would have massacred us had we not defended ourselves and fought to the death.