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English to English noun
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the savage and excessive killing of many people |  | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
verb
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kill a large number of people indiscriminately | | Example: The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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