See massacre in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
The savage killing of many victims:
bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, pogrom, slaughter. See help- (Informal)
The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated:
beating, defeat, drubbing, overthrow, rout, thrashing, vanquishment. (Informal) trimming, whipping. (Slang) dusting, licking. See win
verb
To kill savagely and indiscriminately:
annihilate, butcher, decimate, slaughter. See crimes, help, make- (Informal)
To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:
annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. (Informal) wallop. (Slang) clobber, cream, shellac, smear. See win
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