massacre
Meaning of massacre
noun
- The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms.
- Murder.
- Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport.
- To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)
- To win so decisively it is in the manner of so slaughtering one's opponent.
- To give a performance so poorly it is in the manner of so slaughtering the musical piece, play etc being performed.
Information about massacre
- The plural form of massacre is: massacres.
- Languages in which massacre is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of massacre
mas-sacre
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- massacre is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
massacre synonyms
Meaning slaughter:
Meaning :
Translation of massacre
- German: Massaker, Blutbad, Gemetzel
- Italian: massacro, carneficina
- Spanish: masacre, carnicería
- French: massacre, boucherie, hécatombe
- Portuguese: massacre
Words that rhyme with massacre
acre, Goodacre, Woodacre, broadacre, starveacre, whiteacre, wiseacre, longacre, fiacre, blackacre, milacre, polacre, simulacre, Linacre, conacre, cornacre, nacre, consacre, sacre, stavesacre, lavacre
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