A particular instance or occurrence of slaying or massacre.
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| 释义 | the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] > instance of (21) slaughter1483 A particular instance or occurrence of slaying or massacre. Sicilian Vespers1586 In special collocations, as Sicilian embroidery (see quot. 1882); Sicilian defence, Sicilian game, Sicilian opening (in chess); Sicilian Vespers… plot of the long knivesa1604 In plural. Used in expressions denoting treacherous massacres or purges. treachery (also plot, treason) of the long knives: a legendary massacre of… blood feast?1611 An occasion of extended or unrestrained violence and bloodshed; a war or massacre; = bloodfest n. (a) at blood, n. compounds 5. Parisian matins1614 the Massacre of St Bartholomew (24 August 1572), which began at about 2 a.m. (cf. Sicilian Vespers at Sicilian, adj. 2a). Parisian massacre1657 = Parisian matins n.; = Massacre of Paris n. at massacre, n. 1b. bloodbath1814 A battle or fight at which much blood is spilt; a wholesale slaughter, a massacre. Roman holiday1818 Originally: a bloody or violent spectacle. Later more generally: an occasion on which enjoyment or profit is derived from the suffering or… holocaust1833 transferred and figurative. Complete consumption by fire, or that which is so consumed; complete destruction, esp. of a large number of persons; a… bath of blood1882 carnage. pogrom1889 In Russia, Poland, and some other East European countries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: an organized massacre aimed at the… bloodfest1907 (a) an occasion of extended or unrestrained violence and bloodshed; = blood feast, n. 1; (b) a novel, film, etc., depicting violence and bloodshed… blood purge1959 (a) a treatment which purifies the blood; also figurative. (b) the elimination through killing of a person or group of people; a targeted campaign… Subcategories:— specific (6) — by specific method (2) |
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