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massacre

Main Entry:: ¹mas·sa·cre
Pronunciation:: \ˈma-si-kər\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle French
Date:: circa 1578

1 : the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty 2 : a cruel or wanton murder 3 : a wholesale slaughter of animals 4 : an act of complete destruction <the author's massacre of traditional federalist presuppositions — R. G. McCloskey>

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