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单词 massacre
释义 massacre
 —massacrer /mas"euh kreuhr/,  n.  
 /mas"euh keuhr/,  n.  ,  v.  , massacred, massacring.
  n.  
  1. the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
  2. a general slaughter, as of persons or animals: the massacre of millions during the war.
  3.  Informal.   a crushing defeat, esp. in sports.
  v.t.  
  4. to kill unnecessarily and indiscriminately, esp. a large number of persons.
  5.  Informal.   to defeat decisively, esp. in sports.
 [1575-85; (n.) < MF massacre, n. deriv. of massacrer, OF maçacrer, macecler, prob. < VL *matteucculare, v. deriv. of *matteuca mallet (see MASHIE, MACE1); (v.) < MF massacrer]
 Syn. 1, 2. carnage, extermination, butchery, genocide. 4. slay. See slaughter.
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