massacre

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mas·sacre [massacre massacres massacred massacring] noun, verb BrE [ˈmæsəkə(r)] NAmE [ˈmæsəkər]
noun countable, uncountable
1. the killing of a large number of people especially in a cruel way
•the bloody massacre of innocent civilians
•Nobody survived the massacre.
2. (informal)a very big defeat in a game or competition
•The game was a 10–0 massacre for our team.

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from French, of unknown origin.

Thesaurus:
massacre noun C, U
•Nobody survived the massacre.
slaughter • • carnage • • bloodshed • • killing • • extermination • • genocide • • the Holocaust •
(a/an) bloody/appalling/terrible massacre/slaughter/carnage
be killed in the massacre/slaughter/carnage/bloodshed/genocide/Holocaust
escape/survive the massacre/slaughter/carnage/genocide/Holocaust
prevent a massacre/the slaughter/bloodshed/a killing/genocide

Example Bank:
•He accused the troops of the indiscriminate massacre of civilians.
•The massacre was carried out by enemy troops.
•a massacre by rebel soldiers
•an appalling massacre of women and children
•The bloody massacre of innocent civilians took place in October of that year.

 
verb
1. ~ sb to kill a large number of people, especially in a cruel way
•Hundreds of innocent women and children were massacred.
2. ~ sb (informal)to defeat sb in a game or competition by a high score
•Our team was massacred in the final.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from French, of unknown origin.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  slaughter, mass murder, carnage, butchery, mow down