n. | 1. | The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; |
2. | Murder. | |
v. t. | 1. | 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. |
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Verb | 1. | massacre - kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" |