- 1massacre somebody to kill a large number of people, especially in a cruel way Hundreds of innocent women and children were massacred.
- 2massacre somebody (informal) to defeat someone in a game or competition by a high score Our team was massacred in the final.
massacre
verbNAmE//ˈmæsəkər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they massacre he / she / it massacres
past simple massacred
-ing form massacring
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