massacre

noun/ˈmæsəkər/

Frequency rank: #4,725 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

the brutal killing of a large number of people.

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Example sentence

The documentary described the massacre of thousands of civilians during the war.

Synonyms & related words

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