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English noun: massacre | |||
| 1. | massacre (act) the savage and excessive killing of many people | ||
| Synonyms | butchery, carnage, mass murder, slaughter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | execution, murder, slaying | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | battue, bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed | ||
| Instance hyponym | Alamo, Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand, Little Bighorn | ||
English verb: massacre | |||
| 1. | massacre (change) kill a large number of people indiscriminately | ||
| Samples | The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda. | ||
| Examples | They want to massacre the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | mow down, slaughter | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
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