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单词 massacres
释义

massacre

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noun

mas·​sa·​cre ˈma-si-kər How to pronounce massacre (audio)
1
: the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
witnessed the massacre of a boatload of refugees
2
: a cruel or wanton (see wanton entry 1 sense 1a) murder
3
: a wholesale slaughter of animals
Residents engaged in a citywide cat massacre.
4
: an act of complete destruction
the author's massacre of traditional federalist presuppositions R. G. McCloskey
the Puritan massacre of statues and pictures Robert Hughes

massacre

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verb

massacred; massacring ˈma-si-k(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce massacre (audio)

transitive verb

1
: to kill by massacre
2
: mangle sense 2
words were misspelled and syntax massacred Bice Clemow
massacrer
ˈma-si-kər-ər How to pronounce massacre (audio)
-krər
noun

Synonyms

Noun

  • bloodbath
  • butchery
  • carnage
  • death
  • holocaust
  • slaughter

Verb

  • butcher
  • mow (down)
  • slaughter
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Noun The game turned out to be a complete massacre. the infamous massacre of more than 200 Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Verb Hundreds have been massacred in the uprising. The other team really massacred us on Saturday. He really massacred that song.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
During the six-week massacre, the Japanese Imperial Army executed residents, looted and burned buildings and raped tens of thousands of women. Morgan Sung, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2022 These discoveries, combined with the unusual circumstances of the burial, support the idea that the individuals were murdered during the 1190 massacre. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2022 Kendall Olivarez, 10, was shot twice during the massacre, with bullets hitting her left shoulder and back. Catherine Garcia, The Week, 25 Aug. 2022 School children and staff at Robb Elementary waited more than an hour for help during Ramos’ massacre. Malaika Jabali, Essence, 25 Aug. 2022 Pargas was the city’s acting police chief during the massacre. Acacia Coronado, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 Pargas was the city's acting police chief during the massacre. Acacia Coronado, Chron, 24 Aug. 2022 They were forced to flee during the Tulsa race massacre of 1921. CBS News, 8 Aug. 2022 Family members of Uvalde school district students have called on the city council to suspend all city police officers who were on the scene during the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School. Patrick Linehan, ABC News, 26 July 2022
Verb
Beto O’Rourke on Wednesday railed against Texans’ easy access to AR-style rifles like the one used in May to massacre 19 students and two of their teachers at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school. BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 Beto O’Rourke on Wednesday railed against Texans’ easy access to AR-style rifles like the one used in May to massacre 19 students and two of their teachers at a Uvalde, Tex., elementary school. Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 Parkland jurors Monday were shown the AR-15 rifle that Nikolas Cruz used to massacre 17 people nearly four years ago during one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 25 July 2022 When soldiers are transporting him, Trudy Smith (Regina King) and Cherokee Bill (LaKeith Stanfield) storm the train, bust Buck out and massacre almost all the troops on board. Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2021 The effort to ramp up school safety measures comes at a time when districts throughout the country are analyzing their own plans in the aftermath of the deadly May 24, massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. al, 14 July 2022 When soldiers are transporting him, Trudy Smith (Regina King) and Cherokee Bill (LaKeith Stanfield) storm the train, bust Buck out and massacre almost all the troops on board. Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2021 When soldiers are transporting him, Trudy Smith (Regina King) and Cherokee Bill (LaKeith Stanfield) storm the train, bust Buck out and massacre almost all the troops on board. Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2021 The soldiers — veterans now — were overrun by more heavily armed Bosnian Serb forces led by Gen. Ratko Mladic who went on to massacre 8,000 Muslim men and boys in July 1995, in a bloodbath that an international war crimes tribunal labeled genocide. Mike Corder, ajc, 18 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle French

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

massacre 1 of 2

noun

mas·​sa·​cre ˈma-sə-kər How to pronounce massacre (audio)
: the violent and cruel killing of a large number of people

massacre

2 of 2

verb

massacred; massacring
: to kill a large number of people in a violent and cruel manner

massacres 1 of 2

noun

plural of massacre
as in slaughters
the killing of a large number of people the infamous massacre of more than 200 Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • slaughters
  • genocides
  • bloodbaths
  • deaths
  • carnages
  • murders
  • killings
  • holocausts
  • butcheries
  • slayings
  • exterminations
  • assassinations
  • manslaughters
  • pogroms
  • devastations
  • homicides
  • executions
  • bloodsheds
  • annihilations
  • destructions
  • bloodlettings
  • mortalities
  • foul play
  • eradications
  • decimations

massacres

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verb

present tense third-person singular of massacre
as in murders
to kill on a large scale the country's rival ethnic groups began massacring one another

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • slaughters
  • murders
  • butchers
  • assassinates
  • dispatches
  • slays
  • executes
  • destroys
  • mows (down)
  • smites
  • exterminates
  • snuffs
  • eradicates
  • wipes out
  • decimates
  • wastes
  • demolishes
  • fells
  • blots out
  • annihilates
  • devastates
  • croaks
  • does in
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