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Definition of Massacre

Massacre
Massacre Mas"sa*cre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Massacred; p. pr. & vb. n. Massacring.] [Cf. F. massacrer. See Massacre, n.] 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. If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as Maximian had massacred the Theban legion. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Massacre from wikipedia

- A m****acre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless. It is generally used to describe a targeted killing of...
- 1981 Hama m****acre 1982 Hama m****acre During the Syrian civil war: Al-Qubeir m****acre (also known as the 2012 Hama m****acre) 2023 Islamic State attack on...
- 35°7′35″N 36°45′7″E / 35.12639°N 36.75194°E / 35.12639; 36.75194 The Hama m****acre (Arabic: مجزرة حماة) occurred in February 1982 when the Syrian Arab Army...
- The Nanjing M****acre or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly romanized as Nanking) was the m**** murder of Chinese civilians by the Imperial ****anese Army in Nanjing...
- The M****acre is the second studio album by American rapper 50 Cent, released on March 3, 2005, via Interscope Records, Eminem's Shady Records, 50 Cent's...
- The Srebrenica m****acre, also known as the Srebrenica genocide, was the July 1995 genocidal killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys in and...
- The Munich m****acre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, carried out by eight members of the Palestinian militant...
- The Columbine High School m****acre, often referred to as simply Columbine, was a school shooting and attempted bombing that occurred on April 20, 1999...
- The Katyn m****acre was a series of m**** executions of nearly 22,000 Polish military and police officers, border guards, and intelligentsia prisoners of...
- The National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Nanjing M****acre is a national memorial day observed in China on 13 December annually in honor of the...