massacrenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmæs.ə.kər/us/ˈmæs.ə.kɚ/C2 an act of killing a lot of people:
He ordered the massacre of 2,000 women and children.
informal a bad defeat, especially in sport:
The manager resigned after the team's 7–2 massacre in the final.
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- Of course, she was using the term 'massacre' in the figurative sense.
- The massacre was a crime against humanity.
- The perpetrators of the massacre must be brought to justice as war criminals.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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massacreverb [ T ]
uk/ˈmæs.ə.kər/us/ˈmæs.ə.kɚ/to kill many people in a short period of time:
Hundreds of civilians were massacred in the raid.
informal to defeat an opponent very badly in a competition or election:
England was massacred 5–0 by France in the semifinal.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Winning and defeating