massacre
verb/ˈmæsəkə(r)/
/ˈmæsəkər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they massacre | /ˈmæsəkə(r)/ /ˈmæsəkər/ |
| he / she / it massacres | /ˈmæsəkəz/ /ˈmæsəkərz/ |
| past simple massacred | /ˈmæsəkəd/ /ˈmæsəkərd/ |
| past participle massacred | /ˈmæsəkəd/ /ˈmæsəkərd/ |
| -ing form massacring | /ˈmæsəkərɪŋ/ /ˈmæsəkərɪŋ/ |
- massacre somebody to kill a large number of people, especially in a cruel way
- Hundreds of innocent women and children were massacred.
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- massacre somebody (informal) to defeat somebody in a game or competition by a high score
- Our team was massacred in the final.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, of unknown origin.
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