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(noun and verb) is spelt this way in British English and American English, and as a verb has inflected forms massacres, massacred, massacring.

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noun

1. The savage killing of many victims: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, pogrom, slaughter. See help/harm/harmless.
2. The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated: beating, defeat, drubbing, overthrow, rout, thrashing, vanquishment. Informal trimming, whipping. Slang dusting, licking. See win/lose/recovery.

verb

1. To kill savagely and indiscriminately: annihilate, butcher, decimate, slaughter. See crimes, help/harm/harmless, make/unmake.
2. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat: annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. Informal wallop. Slang clobber, cream, shellac, smear. See win/lose/recovery.

v

Definition: kill
Antonyms: create, give birth

IN BRIEF: The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings.

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. Training is everything. — Mark Twain (1835-1910)

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For a list of words related to massacre, see:

• Types and Techniques of Warfare - massacre: slaughter of many people
• Violent Events - massacre: indiscriminate mass killing; widespread butchery
• Murder and Suicide - massacre: indiscriminate, ruthless killing of numerous, often helpless persons

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - massakre, nedslagtning, blodbad
v. tr. - massakrere, nedslagte, meje ned

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitmoorden, slachten, verminken (figuurlijk), moordpartij, afslachting (ook figuurlijk)

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) massacre
v. tr. - (lit) massacrer, (fig) démolir, massacrer (une langue)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Massaker
v. - massakrieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μακελειό, (ομαδική) σφαγή
v. - κατασφάζω, σφαγιάζω, κρεουργώ

Italiano (Italian)
massacrare, massacro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - massacre (m)
v. - massacrar

Русский (Russian)
резня, поражение, резать, устраивать резню

Español (Spanish)
n. - masacre, matanza
v. tr. - masacrar, hacer una matanza, matar en masa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - massaker
v. - massakrera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大屠杀, 残杀

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大屠殺
v. tr. - 大屠殺, 殘殺

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 많은 사람을 죽임, 철저한 패배
v. tr. - 대량 학살을 하다, 다른 사람을 욕하다, 확실하게 이기다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大虐殺, 完敗
v. - 虐殺する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مذبحه (فعل) يقتل بلا رحمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טבח, פוגרום, חורבן (מדוברת)‬
v. tr. - ‮טבח, השמיד, הביס, החריב‬

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