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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Massacre \Mas"sa*cre\, n. [F., fr LL mazacrium cf Prov. G.
metzgern, metzgen, to kill cattle, G. metzger a butcher, and
LG matsken to cut, hew, OHG. meizan to cut, Goth.
m['a]itan.]
1. 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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
massacre
n : the wanton killing of many people [syn: {mass murder}]
v : kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus
massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" [syn: {slaughter}, {mow
down}]
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