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mass murder
mass murderern.1. a. A person who kills several or numerous victims in a single incident.b. A serial killer.2. A person, especially a political or military leader, who is responsible for the deaths of many individuals.
mass murder n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  mass murder - the savage and excessive killing of many peoplecarnage, massacre, slaughter, butcherymurder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human beingbloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue - indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered" |
TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeMassacreMass Murder
The systematic killing of a population, either entirely or the majority thereof. A mass murder may be perpetrated with the tacit or active support of a community or a group in the society in which it occurred, and usually is a single event. History’s largest mass murders have been attempts to exterminate an ethnic and other group—i.e., genocidemass murder
Related to mass murder: gas chamber, serial killer, Armenian GenocideSynonyms for mass murdernoun the savage and excessive killing of many peopleSynonyms- carnage
- massacre
- slaughter
- butchery
Related Words- murder
- slaying
- execution
- bloodbath
- bloodletting
- bloodshed
- battue
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