| massacre | | |
| n. (act) | 1. butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter | the savage and excessive killing of many people. |
| ~ murder, slaying, execution | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being. |
| ~ bloodbath, battue, bloodletting, bloodshed | indiscriminate slaughter.; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered" |
| ~ alamo | a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico. |
| ~ battle of little bighorn, battle of the little bighorn, custer's last stand, little bighorn | a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command. |
| v. (change) | 2. massacre, mow down, slaughter | kill a large number of people indiscriminately.; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" |
| ~ kill | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
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