Word
Massacre
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
mas-sa-cre
Definition
- n. - 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.
- n. - Murder.
- n. - 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.
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