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massacred |
1 definition found 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.
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