What does massacre mean?
Definitions for massacre
ˈmæs ə kərmas·sacre
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Princeton's WordNet
slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butcheryverb
the savage and excessive killing of many people
massacre, slaughter, mow downverb
kill a large number of people indiscriminately
"The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"
GCIDE
Massacrenoun
The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day; the St. Valentine's Day massacre; the Amritsar massacre; the Wounded Knee massacre.
Etymology: [F., fr. LL. mazacrium; cf. Prov. G. metzgern, metzgen, to kill cattle, G. metzger a butcher, and LG. matsken to cut, hew, OHG. meizan to cut, Goth. mitan.]
Wiktionary
massacrenoun
The intentional killing of a considerable number of human beings, under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people.
massacrenoun
Murder.
massacreverb
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.
Webster Dictionary
Massacrenoun
the killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day
Etymology: [F., fr. LL. mazacrium; cf. Prov. G. metzgern, metzgen, to kill cattle, G. metzger a butcher, and LG. matsken to cut, hew, OHG. meizan to cut, Goth. mitan.]
Massacrenoun
murder
Etymology: [F., fr. LL. mazacrium; cf. Prov. G. metzgern, metzgen, to kill cattle, G. metzger a butcher, and LG. matsken to cut, hew, OHG. meizan to cut, Goth. mitan.]
Massacrenoun
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
Etymology: [F., fr. LL. mazacrium; cf. Prov. G. metzgern, metzgen, to kill cattle, G. metzger a butcher, and LG. matsken to cut, hew, OHG. meizan to cut, Goth. mitan.]
Freebase
Massacre
A massacre is an incident where some group is killed by another, and the perpetrating party are perceived to be in total control of force while the victimized party is perceived to be helpless and/or innocent with regard to any legitimate offense. There is no clear-cut definition for when killings are referred to as massacres or not, rather, this choice is a result of an individual or collective assessment, depending e.g. on how the circumstances of the killing align with given ideas of acceptable use of force and on the desired status of an event in collective memory. The first recorded use in English of the word massacre in the name of an event is "Marlowe, The massacre at Paris". The word is ultimately derived from a Middle Low German *matskelen meaning "to slaughter". Massacre can also be used as a verb, as "To kill in numbers, esp. brutally and indiscriminately", the first usage of which was "1588 J. PENRY Viewe Publ. Wants Wales 65 Men which make no conscience for gaine sake, to break the law of the æternall, and massaker soules...are dangerous subjects". The term can also be used metaphorically for events that do not involve any deaths, such as the Saturday Night Massacre - the dismissals and resignations of political appointees during the Watergate scandal.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Massacre
mas′a-kėr, n. indiscriminate slaughter, esp. with cruelty: carnage.—v.t. to kill with violence and cruelty: to slaughter. [Fr.; from the Teut., as in Low Ger. matsken, to cut; cf. Ger. metz-ger, a butcher.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
massacre
The killing of human beings by indiscriminate slaughter, murder of numbers with cruelty or atrocity, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; cold-blooded destruction of life; butchery; carnage. The following are among the most remarkable:
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of massacre in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of massacre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of massacre in a Sentence
I will never forget the violence of the White mob when we left our home. I still see Black men being shot, Black bodies lying in the street. I still smell smoke and see fire. I still see Black businesses being burned. I still hear airplanes flying overhead. I hear the screams. I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I can not.
If they are not sure they cant prevent a massacre overnight, then please shut the power off, id rather be hot and my food go bad, than dozens more die.
The whole structure is rotten to the core, they( authorities) have told us they are putting more resources into solving this than any other massacre in history, but a year on no one has been convicted for pulling the trigger, everyone promised us they would take each person who participated and bring them to justice, but I dont know what that means.
I would never massacre people in the same social class as me.
That is a New York massacre.
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- مذبحةArabic
- massacrar, massacreCatalan, Valencian
- masakrovat, masakrCzech
- llofruddiaethWelsh
- massakre, massakrereDanish
- Massaker, massakrierenGerman
- σφαγήGreek
- amasbuĉado, masakroEsperanto
- masacrar, masacreSpanish
- tapatalgEstonian
- verilöyly, joukkomurhata, joukkomurha, teurastaa, teurastusFinnish
- massacre, massacrerFrench
- טבחHebrew
- mészárlásHungarian
- PembantaianIndonesian
- みなごろし, 虐殺, 惨殺, 大虐殺Japanese
- 학살Korean
- trucidatioLatin
- žudynės, skerdynėsLithuanian
- slaktiņš, masveida slepkavībaLatvian
- whakapiko, hingahinga, tārukenga, parewheroMāori
- massakrere, massakreNorwegian
- masakraPolish
- massacrar, massacrePortuguese
- резня́, бо́йня, ма́ссовое уби́йствоRussian
- masakr, поубијати, масакрирати, сеча, поклати, poklati, poubijati, масакр, masakrirati, seča, pokolj, покољ, крвопролиће, krvoprolićeSerbo-Croatian
- masakraSlovak
- masaker, pokol, poklatiSlovene
- massakerSwedish
- படுகொலைTamil
- ఊచకోతTelugu
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