massacre (n.)

  1. the savage and excessive killing of many people

    [ Syn: slaughter , mass murder , carnage , butchery ]

    massacre (v.)

  1. kill a large number of people indiscriminately; The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda

    [ Syn: slaughter , mow down ]

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