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Definitioner
Substantiv
- The intentional killing of a considerable number of human beings, under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the norms of civilized people.
- (obsolete) Murder.
- (figuratively) An overwhelming defeat.
Verb
- (transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the norms of civilized people; to butcher; to slaughter. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)
- (figuratively) To bring an opponent to a decisive defeat.
- (figuratively) To perform a song, play, etc. poorly.
Exempel
- the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day
- St. Valentine's Day massacre
- Amritsar massacre
- The tyrannous and bloody act is done,—
- The most arch deed of piteous massacre
- That ever yet this land was guilty of.
- If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as Maximilian had massacred the Theban legion
Böjningsformer
| Perfektparticip | massacred | Perfektparticip | massacr'd |
| Imperfekt | massacred | Imperfekt | massacr'd |
| Presensparticip | massacring | Plural | massacres |
| Tredje person singular indicativ presens | massacres |