when a large number of people are killed► massacre when a large number of people are easily killed, because they are not able to defend themselves: · The soldiers who carried out the massacre have not been identified.massacre of: · The students claimed the two men had ordered the massacre of 200 people in Kwangju.
► slaughter when a large number of people are killed in a very cruel or violent way: · The slaughter was terrible - the whole field was covered with bodies.· Many are determined to avenge the slaughter in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.slaughter of: · His war crimes included the deliberate slaughter of 250,000 individuals.
► carnage when a large number of people are violently killed, especially in a war - used especially in newspapers: · The war was over. The carnage had ceased.· The foreign minister has asked ambassadors from several states to help end the carnage.
► mass murder when one or more people kill a large number of people violently at about the same time: · Details are still emerging of this, the biggest mass murder in Canadian history.mass murder of: · the mass murder of innocent people
► genocide when a whole group or race of people are killed in a planned and organized way: · What is going on is not just war, it is genocide.· In recent history, the existence of prejudice has led to violence and genocide.
someone who has murdered a lot of people