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verb | noun massacremassacre1 /ˈmæsəkɚ/ ●●○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYmassacre1Origin: 1500-1600 French VERB TABLEmassacre |
| Present | I, you, we, they | massacre | | he, she, it | massacres | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | massacred | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have massacred | | he, she, it | has massacred | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had massacred | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will massacre | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have massacred |
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| Present | I | am massacring | | he, she, it | is massacring | | you, we, they | are massacring | | Past | I, he, she, it | was massacring | | you, we, they | were massacring | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been massacring | | he, she, it | has been massacring | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been massacring | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be massacring | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been massacring |
THESAURUSmake somebody/something die► kill to make a person or living thing die: She was accused of killing her husband. You’ll kill your plants if you water them too much. ► murder to deliberately kill someone: He is accused of murdering four people. ► take somebody’s life to kill someone. Used to emphasize that life is important: All religions teach that it is wrong to take another person’s life. ► assassinate to deliberately kill an important person, especially a politician: President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963. ► commit murder to murder someone. Used when you are not saying exactly who was murdered: What would make her want to commit murder? ► commit suicide to deliberately cause your own death: After killing the other people, he committed suicide. ► commit manslaughter to kill someone without intending to: He was accused of committing manslaughter after driving too fast and hitting someone in a parking lot. ► execute somebody/put somebody to death to kill someone as a punishment for a crime: Members of the former government were executed for their crimes. ► slaughter/massacre to kill a large number of people in a violent way: Troops came into the village and slaughtered hundreds of people. ► exterminate formal to kill all of a particular group of animals or people: They use poison to exterminate the insects. ► slay to kill someone violently. Used especially in newspapers: The family was slain in their homes. 1to kill a lot of people, especially people who cannot defend themselves: A family of eight was massacred by unidentified gunmen.► see thesaurus at kill12informal to defeat the opposing team, player, etc. very easily in a game, competition, etc.3informal to completely spoil a piece of music, a part in a play, etc. by performing it very badly verb | noun massacremassacre2 ●●○ noun 1[countable, uncountable] the killing of a lot of people, especially people who cannot defend themselves: the massacre of innocent women and children2informal a very bad defeat in a game or competition when one team or player has many more points than the other |