massacre:1

noun
mas*sa*cre \ ˈma-si-kər \
circa 1578{ds||1||}
  • the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
  • a cruel or wanton murder
  • a wholesale slaughter of animals

massacre:2

verb
massacre \
1581{ds||1||}
  • to kill by massacre
  • mangle
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