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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

massacre

/mas-uh-ker/US // ˈmæs ə kər //UK // (ˈmæsəkə) //

大屠杀,大屠杀事件,屠城,屠城事件

Related Words

murder谋杀,谋杀案,谋杀罪,杀人slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀bloodbath屠杀,喋血街头,流血事件,喋血genocide灭绝种族罪,灭绝种族,种族灭绝,灭族extermination灭绝,灭绝术,灭亡,灭绝罪carnage大屠杀,屠杀,狂欢,喋喋不休bloodshed流血,流血事件,血流成河,流血过多slaying杀戮,杀人,屠杀,杀人事件assassination暗杀,刺杀,刺杀案,暗杀案annihilate歼灭,全歼,剿灭,歼击exterminate灭亡,诛灭,灭掉,诛杀butcher屠夫,屠户,屠杀者,卖肉的decimate斩草除根,灭亡,砍伐,灭顶之灾annihilation湮灭,歼灭,毁灭,消灭butchery屠宰场,屠宰业,屠宰,宰杀decimation分割,分割率,淘汰,衰减depopulate减少人口,削减人口,减少人口数量,疏散人口mass murder大规模谋杀,大规模杀戮,大规模谋杀案,大规模杀人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
    • : a general slaughter, as of persons or animals: the massacre of millions during the war.
    • : Informal. a crushing defeat, especially in sports.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mas·sa·cred, mas·sa·cring.

    • : to kill unnecessarily and indiscriminately, especially a large number of persons.
    • : Informal. to defeat decisively, especially in sports.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounkilling of many
Synonyms
assassination暗杀,刺杀,刺杀案,暗杀案bloodbath屠杀,喋血街头,流血事件,喋血bloodshed流血,流血事件,血流成河,流血过多carnage大屠杀,屠杀,狂欢,喋喋不休extermination灭绝,灭绝术,灭亡,灭绝罪genocide灭绝种族罪,灭绝种族,种族灭绝,灭族murder谋杀,谋杀案,谋杀罪,杀人slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀annihilation湮灭,歼灭,毁灭,消灭butchery屠宰场,屠宰业,屠宰,宰杀decimation分割,分割率,淘汰,衰减internecion国际化,国际,国际会议,国际化进程
verbkill, often in great numbers
Synonyms
annihilate歼灭,全歼,剿灭,歼击butcher屠夫,屠户,屠杀者,卖肉的decimate斩草除根,灭亡,砍伐,灭顶之灾exterminate灭亡,诛灭,灭掉,诛杀murder谋杀,谋杀案,谋杀罪,杀人slaughter宰杀,屠宰,残杀,屠杀slay杀死,杀人,杀戮,杀人犯depopulate减少人口,削减人口,减少人口数量,疏散人口mass murder大规模谋杀,大规模杀戮,大规模谋杀案,大规模杀人

Examples

  • God was in the room when you made a massacre out of someone’s child.

  • Once he first learned about the massacre, Solomon-Simmons wanted to spread the word as widely as possible.

  • He also worked on an unsuccessful 2003 lawsuit stemming from the massacre.

  • Like many other race riots and massacres in the South and in Florida, once the events left the front page of the newspapers, they were buried.

  • At Republicans’ convention in Cleveland in 2016, one month after the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, this president showed he could say “LGBT.”

  • The massacre of cartoonists at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo is a crystallizing moment.

  • Several Muslim sites in France, including mosques have been attacked or vandalized since the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

  • What often is forgotten—and what Beck could probably stand to remember—is that the massacre was, technically, a firefight.

  • Nearly two full months have passed since the student massacre that took place in the city of Iguala, Guerrero.

  • Will “loyalty cards” be enough to stave of a Republican massacre of House Democrats on Tuesday?

  • Those who escaped the massacre were hung upon the same trees on which the Frenchmen had previously been hung.

  • There was the usual massacre, but this time the trees were cut down and the wells choked up.

  • The sight of the awful carnage affected even the warworn Marshal, and made him exclaim, "What a massacre!"

  • Native rumors had brought the news of the massacre at Cawnpore, though the ghastly tragedy of the Well was yet to come.

  • It was during his reign that the fatal massacre of St. Bartholomews took place, which renders his name odious.

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