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{{also|massacré}}
 
 
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# The intentional [[killing]] of a considerable number of human beings, under circumstances of [[atrocity]] or [[cruelty]], or contrary to the usages of civilized people.
 
# The intentional [[killing]] of a considerable number of human beings, under circumstances of [[atrocity]] or [[cruelty]], or contrary to the usages of civilized people.
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#: ''the '''massacre''' on [[w:St. Bartholomew's Day|St. Bartholomew's Day]]''
 
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#: ''[[w:St. Valentine's Day|St. Valentine's Day]] '''massacre'''''
 
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#: ''[[w:Amritsar|Amritsar]] '''massacre'''''
 
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#: ''the [[w:Wounded Knee]] '''massacre'''''
 
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# {{obsolete}} Murder.
 
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#* '''1593''', [[w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]], ''The Tragedy of Richard the Third''
 
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#*: The tyrannous and bloody act is done,—
 
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#*: The most arch deed of piteous '''massacre'''
 
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#*: That ever yet this land was guilty of.
 
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===Synonyms===
 
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* [[butchery]], [[carnage]], [[slaughter]].
 
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*: ''Massacre'' denotes the promiscuous slaughter of many who can not make resistance, or much resistance.
 
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*:* '''1592''', [[w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]], ''Titus Andronicus, I,v''
 
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*:*: I'll find a day to '''massacre''' them all, And raze their faction and their family
 
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*: ''Butchery'' refers to cold-blooded cruelty in the killing of men as if they were brute beasts.
 
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*:* '''1593''', [[w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]], ''Richard III, I,ii''
 
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*:*: If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds, Behold this pattern of thy '''butcheries'''
 
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*: ''Carnage'' points to slaughter as producing the heaped-up bodies of the slain.
 
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*:* '''1674''', [[w:John Milton|John Milton]], ''Paradise Lost''
 
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*:*: Such a scent I draw Of '''carnage''', prey innumerable!
 
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* [[mass murder]]
 
  
 
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# {{transitive}} To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter - limited to the killing of human beings.
 
# {{transitive}} To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter - limited to the killing of human beings.
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#* '''1849''', [[w:Thomas Babington Macaulay|Thomas Babington Macaulay]], ''The History Of England From the Accession of James II''
 
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#*: If James should be pleased to '''massacre''' them all, as Maximilian had '''massacred''' the Theban legion
 
  
 
===Adjectives for Massacre===
 
===Adjectives for Massacre===
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atrocious; brutal; indiscriminate; cruel; fierce; horrid; dreadful; treacherous; wholesale; judicial; bloody .
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atrocious; brutal; indiscriminate; cruel;
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fierce;   horrid;   dreadful;   treacherous;
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wholesale; judicial; bloody .
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decry—; denounce—; execute—; expire in—; frown on—; lust for—; perpetrate—; rebuke for—; reproach for—; resign to—; succumb in—; yield to—; —enrages; —incenses; —rages; —scandalizes; —scars; —stains; —threatens.
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decry—; denounce—; execute—; expire in
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—; frown on—; lust for—; perpetrate—;
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pjot—; rebuke for—; reproach for—; resign to—; succumb in—; yield to—; —despatches; —enrages; —ensanguines; —incenses;
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—rages; —scandalizes; —scars; —stains;
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—threatens.
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'''See also'''
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[[bloodshed]], [[killing]], [[murder]], [[assassination]], [[slaughter]], [[violence]].
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(See bloodshed, killing, murder, assassination, slaughter, violence.)
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===Adjectives for Massacre===
 
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invigorating; stimulating; scientific; frictional; healing.
 
invigorating; stimulating; scientific; frictional; healing.
  
 
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—enlivens; —exhilarates; —invigorates; -— limbers; —quickens; refreshes; —regenerates ; —relaxes; -—relieves; —soothes; —smooths;
  
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—enlivens; —exhilarates; —invigorates; -— limbers; —quickens; refreshes; —regen¬erates ; —relaxes; -—relieves; —soothes;
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'—smooths; —ungnarls.
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* [[butchery]], [[carnage]], [[slaughter]].
  
 
===Thesaurus===
 
===Thesaurus===
 
[[annihilate]], [[annihilating]], [[annihilation]], [[assassination]], [[assault]], [[attack]], [[battering]], [[bloodbath]], [[bloodshed]], [[bump off]], [[butcher]], [[butchering]], [[butchery]], [[carnage]], [[commit carnage]], [[commit genocide]], [[commit mass murder]], [[decimate]], [[decimation]], [[depopulate]], [[destroy]], [[disorderliness]], [[eliminate]], [[eradicate]], [[execute]], [[execution]], [[exterminate]], [[extermination]], [[final solution]], [[forcible seizure]], [[genocide]], [[holocaust]], [[kill]], [[killing]], [[laying waste]], [[liquidate]], [[liquidation]], [[looting]], [[mass destruction]], [[mass murder]], [[mow down]], [[murder]], [[murder wholesale]], [[murdering]], [[obliterate]], [[obstreperousness]], [[onslaught]], [[pillaging]], [[pogrom]], [[race extermination]], [[race-murder]], [[rape]], [[riot]], [[rioting]], [[sacking]], [[saturnalia of blood]], [[slaughter]], [[slaughtering]], [[slay]], [[slay en masse]], [[slaying]], [[sowing with salt]], [[unruliness]], [[violation]], [[wholesale murder]], [[wipe out]]
 
[[annihilate]], [[annihilating]], [[annihilation]], [[assassination]], [[assault]], [[attack]], [[battering]], [[bloodbath]], [[bloodshed]], [[bump off]], [[butcher]], [[butchering]], [[butchery]], [[carnage]], [[commit carnage]], [[commit genocide]], [[commit mass murder]], [[decimate]], [[decimation]], [[depopulate]], [[destroy]], [[disorderliness]], [[eliminate]], [[eradicate]], [[execute]], [[execution]], [[exterminate]], [[extermination]], [[final solution]], [[forcible seizure]], [[genocide]], [[holocaust]], [[kill]], [[killing]], [[laying waste]], [[liquidate]], [[liquidation]], [[looting]], [[mass destruction]], [[mass murder]], [[mow down]], [[murder]], [[murder wholesale]], [[murdering]], [[obliterate]], [[obstreperousness]], [[onslaught]], [[pillaging]], [[pogrom]], [[race extermination]], [[race-murder]], [[rape]], [[riot]], [[rioting]], [[sacking]], [[saturnalia of blood]], [[slaughter]], [[slaughtering]], [[slay]], [[slay en masse]], [[slaying]], [[sowing with salt]], [[unruliness]], [[violation]], [[wholesale murder]], [[wipe out]]
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===Etymology===
 
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1580, from {{etyl|frm}} {{term|massacre|lang=frm}} from {{etyl|fro}} {{term|macacre|macacre, macecle|slaughterhouse, butchery|lang=fro}} from {{etyl|ML.}} {{term|mazacrium|lang=la}} "massacre, slaughter, killing", also "the head of a newly killed stag", of {{etyl|gem}} origin, from {{etyl|nds}} *{{term||matskelen|lang=nds}} "to massacre" (compare {{etyl|de|-}} {{term|metzeln|metzeln||lang=de}} "to massacre"), frequentive of {{term|matsken|matsken, matzgen|to cut, hew|lang=de}} from {{proto|Germanic|maitanan|to cut|lang=en}} from {{proto|Indo-European|mei-|small|lang=en}}. Akin to {{etyl|goh|-}} {{term|meizan||to cut|lang=goh}}, {{etyl|nl|-}} {{term|matsen|matsen|to maul, kill|lang=nl}}, dialectal {{de}} {{term|metzgern|lang=de}} "to butcher, kill", {{etyl|de|-}} {{term|metzgen||to cut, kill, slaughter cattle|lang=de}}, {{term|Metzger||a butcher|lang=de}}, {{term|Metzelei|Metzelei|massacre|lang=de}}, {{etyl|got|-}} {{term|𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽||to cut|tr=maitan|lang=got|sc=Goth}}. See also French {{term|massacrer|lang=fr}}.
 
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* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈmæs.ə.kə(ɹ)/}}, {{SAMPA|/"m{[email protected]@(r)/}}
 
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* {{audio|En-us-massacre.ogg|Audio (US)}}
 
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==Translations==
 
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====Noun====
 
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{{trans-top|intentional mass killing}}
 
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* Arabic: {{t|ar|مذبحة|f|tr=madhbaHa}}
 
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* Bosnian: {{t-|bs|masakr|m}}, {{t-|bs|pokolj|m}}, {{t-|bs|krvoproliće|n}}
 
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* [[Catalan]]: {{t|ca|massacre|m}}
 
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* Chinese: {{zh-tsp|大屠殺|大屠杀|dàtúshā}}, {{zh-tsp|屠殺|屠杀|túshā}}, {{zh-tsp|慘案|惨案|cǎn'àn}}, {{zh-tsp|慘殺|惨杀|cǎnshā}}, {{zh-tsp|殺戮|杀戮|shālù}}
 
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* Croatian: {{t-|hr|masakr|m|alt=masàkr}}, {{t-|hr|pokolj|m|alt=pòkolj}}, {{t-|hr|krvoproliće|n|alt=krvoprolíće}}
 
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* Czech: {{t-|cs|masakr|m}}
 
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* Danish: {{t-|da|massakre|c}}
 
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|joukkomurha}}, {{t+|fi|verilöyly}}, {{t+|fi|teurastus}}
 
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* French: {{t+|fr|massacre|m}}
 
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* German: {{t+|de|Massaker|n}}
 
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* Greek: {{t+|el|σφαγή}}
 
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* Hebrew: {{t-|he|טבח}}
 
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|mészárlás}}
 
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* Japanese: {{t|ja|大虐殺|tr=daigyakusatsu}}, {{t|ja|虐殺|tr=gyakusatsu}}, {{t|ja|惨殺|tr=zansatsu}}, {{t|ja|みなごろし|tr=minagoroshi|sc=Jpan}}
 
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* Korean: {{t+|ko|학살|sc=Hang}}
 
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* Latin: [[trucidatio]]
 
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{{trans-mid}}
 
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* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|žudynės|f|p}}, {{t|lt|skerdynės|f|p}}
 
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* Norwegian: {{t-|no|massakre}}
 
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* Polish: {{t|pl|masakra|f}}
 
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|massacre}}
 
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|резня|f|tr=reznjá}},  {{t|ru|массовое убийство|n|tr=mássovoje ubíjstvo}}
 
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*: Cyrillic: [[масакр#Serbian|масакр]] {{m}}, [[покољ#Serbian|покољ]] {{m}}, [[крвопролиће#Serbian|крвопролиће]] {{m}}, [[сеча]] {{f}}
 
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*: Roman: [[masakr#Serbian|masakr]] {{m}}, [[pokolj#Serbian|pokolj]] {{m}}, [[krvoproliće#Serbian|krvoproliće]] {{m}}, [[seča]] {{f}}
 
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* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|masakr|xs=Serbo-Croatian}}, {{t|sh|pokolj|xs=Serbo-Croatian}}, {{t|sh|krvoproliće|xs=Serbo-Croatian}}
 
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* Slovak: [[masakra]] {{f}}
 
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* Slovene: [[pokol]] {{m}}, [[masaker]] {{m}}
 
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* Spanish: {{t-|es|masacre}}
 
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|massaker|c}}
 
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* [[Telugu]]: [[ఊచకోత]] (oochakOta)
 
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* Welsh: [[llofruddiaeth]]
 
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{{trans-bottom}}
 
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{{trans-top|to kill in considerable numbers}}
 
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* Bosnian: [[masakrirati#Bosnian|masakrirati]], [[poklati#Bosnian|poklati]], [[poubijati#Bosnian|poubijati]]
 
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* Czech: {{t-|cs|masakrovat}}
 
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* Danish: {{t|da|massakrere}}
 
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|joukkomurhata}}, {{t+|fi|teurastaa}}
 
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* French: {{t+|fr|massacrer}}
 
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* German: {{t+|de|massakrieren}}
 
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* Norwegian: {{t|no|massakrere}}
 
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|massacrar}}
 
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* Serbian:
 
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*: Cyrillic: [[масакрирати#Serbian|масакрирати]], [[поклати#Serbian|поклати]], [[поубијати#Serbian|поубијати]]
 
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*: Roman: [[masakrirati#Serbian|masakrirati]], [[poklati#Serbian|poklati]], [[poubijati#Serbian|poubijati]]
 
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* Slovene: [[poklati]]
 
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* Spanish: {{t-|es|masacrar}}
 
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[[Category:Death]]
 
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# {{l|en|massacre}}
 
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# {{conjugation of|massacrer||1|s|pres|ind|lang=fr}}
 
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# {{conjugation of|massacrer||3|s|pres|ind|lang=fr}}
 
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# {{conjugation of|massacrer||1|s|pres|sub|lang=fr}}
 
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# {{conjugation of|massacrer||1|s|pres|sub|lang=fr}}
 
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# {{conjugation of|massacrer||2|s|imp|lang=fr}}
 
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* {{IPA|lang=fr|/ma.sakʁ/}}
 
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Latest revision as of 05:22, 22 October 2014

English

Noun

Massacre (plural Massacres)
  1. The intentional killing of a considerable number of human beings, under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people.

Verb

Massacre (third-person singular simple present massacres, present participle massacring, simple past and past participle massacred)

  1. (transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter - limited to the killing of human beings.

Adjectives for Massacre

atrocious; brutal; indiscriminate; cruel; fierce; horrid; dreadful; treacherous; wholesale; judicial; bloody .

Verbs for Massacre

decry—; denounce—; execute—; expire in—; frown on—; lust for—; perpetrate—; rebuke for—; reproach for—; resign to—; succumb in—; yield to—; —enrages; —incenses; —rages; —scandalizes; —scars; —stains; —threatens.

Adjectives for Massacre

invigorating; stimulating; scientific; frictional; healing.

Verbs for Massacre

—enlivens; —exhilarates; —invigorates; -— limbers; —quickens; refreshes; —regenerates ; —relaxes; -—relieves; —soothes; —smooths;

Synonyms

Thesaurus

annihilate, annihilating, annihilation, assassination, assault, attack, battering, bloodbath, bloodshed, bump off, butcher, butchering, butchery, carnage, commit carnage, commit genocide, commit mass murder, decimate, decimation, depopulate, destroy, disorderliness, eliminate, eradicate, execute, execution, exterminate, extermination, final solution, forcible seizure, genocide, holocaust, kill, killing, laying waste, liquidate, liquidation, looting, mass destruction, mass murder, mow down, murder, murder wholesale, murdering, obliterate, obstreperousness, onslaught, pillaging, pogrom, race extermination, race-murder, rape, riot, rioting, sacking, saturnalia of blood, slaughter, slaughtering, slay, slay en masse, slaying, sowing with salt, unruliness, violation, wholesale murder, wipe out

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