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Webster's English Dictionary

massacre

n. [F., fr. LL. mazacrium; cf. Prov. G. metzgern, metzgen, to kill cattle, G. metzger a butcher, and LG. matsken to cut, hew, OHG. meizan to cut, Goth. mitan.]1. The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day; the St. Valentine's Day massacre; the Amritsar massacre; the Wounded Knee massacre. ()

2. Murder. (Shak.)

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I'll find a day to massacre them all, And raze their faction and their family. (Shak.)

If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds, Brhold this pattern of thy butcheries. (Shak.)

Such a scent I draw Of carnage, prey innumerable! (Milton.)

v. t. [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.)