mass
acre
Third Person
massacres
Present Participle
massacring
Past Tense
massacred
Past Participle
massacred
1
to brutally kill a large number of people
transitive
- The invading army sought to massacre the entire village population.
- In the tragic event, gunmen attempted to massacre innocent civilians.
- The historical account described how colonizers would massacre indigenous populations.
- The tragic event witnessed innocent lives being brutally massacred.
- The conquerors ruthlessly massacred those who resisted their invasion.