Massacre synonyms

măs'ə-kər

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slaughter (related)
The killing of a large number of people; a massacre:
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carnage (related)
(Obs.) Dead bodies, esp. on a battlefield
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annihilate
(Archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify.
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bloodbath
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murder
To deliberately kill (a person or persons).
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kill (related)
To thwart passage of; veto:
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genocide
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slay
To kill or destroy in a violent way
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bloodshed
A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
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defeat
Nullification
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mow-down
kill a large number of people indiscriminately
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create (antonym)
To create is to make something.
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depopulate (related)
To reduce the population of, esp. by violence, disease, etc.
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butcher
To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
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butchery
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bloodletting
A circumstance such as a battle where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.
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pogrom
A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group, usually Jews.
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beating
An act of repeated hitting or striking.
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drubbing
A thorough defeat.
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overthrow
An instance of overthrowing, especially one that results in downfall or destruction.
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rout
A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.
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thrashing
A beating; flogging
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vanquishment
The state of being vanquished
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trimming
The act of someone who trims.
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whipping
(Nautical, whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
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dusting
(Slang) A beating or defeat:
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licking
An act of licking.
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decimate
Decimate is defined as to destroy or kill a large part of something.
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crush
To press between two opposing forces so as to break or injure; put out of shape or condition by pressure; squeeze together; crumple
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drub
To beat as with a stick or club; cudgel; thrash
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overpower
To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc.
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overwhelm
Overwhelm is defined as to completely overcome or take over.
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smash
(Sports) To hit a ball, puck, or shuttlecock in a forceful overhand stroke.
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steamroller
To cause the passage or defeat of (a legislative bill, etc.), or make (one's way, etc.), by crushing opposition or overriding obstacles
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thrash
To strike or beat, especially repeatedly with a flail or stick.
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trounce
To win against (someone) by a wide margin; to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
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vanquish
Vanquish is defined as to defeat or overcome.
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wallop
To defeat thoroughly.
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clobber
To strike violently and repeatedly; batter or maul.
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cream
To cook with cream or a cream sauce
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shellac
To coat or finish with shellac.
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smear
To spread easily in an undesired way:
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help (related)
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
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win (related)
An act of winning; victory, as in a contest
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crimes (related)
To kill savagely and indiscriminately
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make (related)
To arrange or agree to:
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mass-murder
The killing of a large number of people over a short period of time.
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killing (related)
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atrocity (related)
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assassination (related)
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bombing (related)
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kidnapping (related)
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desecration (related)
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uprising (related)
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sabra (related)
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butchering
The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
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exterminate
To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.
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give-birth (antonym)
(Intransitive, with to, of viviparous animals) To become the female parent of.
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Massacre Sentence Examples

  • Memories of the massacre made bile rise and her chest clench.

  • The full details of the siege and massacre will be found under Indian Mutiny, and here it will suffice to refer to the local memorials of that evil time.

  • Here the perpetrators of the massacre of Glencoe met to share their plunder.

  • While the former faction gained in Lombardy by the massacre of Ezzelino, the latter revived in Tuscany after the battle of Montaperti, which in 1260 placed Florence at the discretion of the Ghibellines.

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