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noun ADJ. appalling, bloody, cold-blooded, horrible, terrible an appalling massacre of women and children VERB + MASSACRE be responsible for, carry out, perpetrate, take part in The massacre was carried out by enemy troops. As many as fifty men took part in the massacre. | be killed in | escape, survive MASSACRE + VERB take place PREP. ~ by a massacre by rebel soldiers PHRASES the victims of a massacre
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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noun
mass killing:
The enemy was guilty of the massacre.
verb
indiscriminate slaughter of many:
They massacred the buffaloes with rifles., noun
slaughter:
The massacre in Nanjing was terrible.
verb
killed:
Settlers were massacred by Indians.
Simple Definitions
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to kill a large number of people
massacre
to kill a large number of people in a violent way:
• Thousands of peaceful demonstrators were massacred by the soldiers.
slaughter
to kill a large number of people in a violent way. Slaughter is also used about killing animals for food:
• The army slaughtered thousands of civilians in an effort to stop the revolt. • The pigs were slaughtered on the farm.
exterminate
to kill large numbers of a particular group, so that they no longer exist:
• Hitler’s goal was to exterminate the Jews.
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