massacre : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: massacre	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for massacre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
massacre n the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery] v kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" Synonym(s): massacre, slaughter, mow down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Massacre \Mas"sacre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Massacred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Massacring}.] [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Massacre \Mas"sacre\, 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. m[a0]itan.] 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.