What is another word for massacre?

Common synonyms for massacre include slaughter, mass murder, carnage, butchery.

What is the plural of massacre?

The plural of massacre is massacres.

The past tense of massacre is massacred.

/ˈmæs.ə.kə(ɹ)/noun, verb3 syllables

Massacre means: the savage and excessive killing of many people.

noun, as in the savage and excessive killing of many people

slaughter, mass murder, carnage, butchery

verb, as in kill a large number of people indiscriminately

slaughter, mow down

also used for massacre

decimation

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noun

the savage and excessive killing of many people

verb

kill a large number of people indiscriminately“The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

There was a massacre, and we didn't have enough courage to intervene.AlanF_US
Yitzhak wants true peace and justice, not political hypocrisy, racism, and massacres.OsoHombre
The general ordered the massacre of all war prisoners.unknown
I want those responsible for the massacre brought to trial.CM
What started out as an evening with friends ended up in a massacre.OsoHombre
Jonas is the mastermind behind the entire massacre.Amastan
There remain great fears of seeing the clashes degenerate into massacres.Paron
US history is riddled with massacres and genocides.AutoBot

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