| 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 | ||