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Meaning Of Massacre
n.
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.
n.
Murder.
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.