massacre

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈmæs.ə.kɚ/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈmæs.ə.kə(r)/

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Noun

Singular massacre

Plural massacres

1. A massacre is when many people are killed. This is especially true when those killed appear to be innocent civilians not linked to the war in progress. Very often, the term is also applied if the killings were done in a brutal way.

   Many people were killed in the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War.

Verb

Plain form massacre

Third-person singular massacres

Past tense massacred

Past participle massacred

Present participle massacring

1. To kill many innocent people without much resistance; to slaughter people.

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