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massacre

('m/&/s/@/k/@/r )

the savage and excessive killing of many people(noun.act)

Synonym:
butchery, carnage, mass murder, slaughter

source: wordnet30
The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day.(noun)

source: webster1913

kill a large number of people indiscriminately(verb.change)

Example:
The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda.

Synonym:
mow down, slaughter

source: wordnet30
To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings.(verb)

source: webster1913

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