单词 | massacring |
释义 | massacringn. The action of massacre v.; an instance of this, a massacre. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] sleightc893 wal-slaught?a900 qualeeOE deathOE swordc1000 morthOE slaughta1225 destroyingc1300 drepingc1300 martyrdomc1325 murderc1325 mortc1330 sleighterc1330 slaughter1338 iron and firea1387 murraina1387 manslaughtera1400 martyre?a1400 quella1425 occision?a1430 decease1513 destruction1526 slaughting1535 butchery?1536 butchering1572 massacrea1578 slaughterdom1592 slaughtering1597 carnage1600 massacring1600 slaughtery1604 internecion1610 decimationa1613 destroy1616 trucidation1623 stragea1632 sword-wrack1646 interemption1656 carnifice1657 panolethry1668 butcher work1808 bloodbath1814 populicide1824 man-slaughtering1851 battue1864 mass murder1917 genocide1944 overkill1957 1600 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. 285 The revenge of the maschevalent massakering of our deirest frendis. 1602 F. Herring tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 20 Such torturing and massacring of Men. 1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 216 There shall be..no more bloody massacrings of the Faithful Witnesses of Christ. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 234 A poor barren country, full of continual broils, dissensions, massacrings. 1863 J. C. Morison St. Bernard i. vii. 93 The perpetual..plundering and massacring, caused by the baronial wars. 1999 New Republic (Nexis) 1 Feb. 36 Mrs. Malaprop, whose massacrings of the English language..gave it a new word. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). massacringadj. Now rare. That kills, esp. indiscriminately and in numbers. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [adjective] butcherly1528 butcherlike1555 butchering1574 butcherous1575 massacring1585 slaughtering?1592 massacrous1593 butchery1626 carnificial1632 internecine1642 murdering1667 carnificine1681 genocidal1948 1585 J. Sharrock tr. C. Ocland Elizabeth Queene sig. C3 v, in tr. Valiant Actes & Victorious Battailes Eng. Nation He hating blouddy hands, And rage, of that massacring crue, seekes meanes those euils to shunne. 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature v. 38 Not so long, so lingringly, as this macerating, massacring, murthering Famine. 1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. 561 Imagining the massacring knife to be at their throats. 2004 members.tripod.com 13 May (O.E.D. Archive) If you hate PuckBunnies, but are not the massacring type, keep your eyes open for possible suspects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600adj.1585 |
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