English noun: mass murder | |||
1. | mass murder (act) the savage and excessive killing of many people | ||
Synonyms | butchery, carnage, massacre, 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 | ||