massacre
🇺🇸
/ˈmæsəkər/
🇬🇧
/ˈmæsəkə(r)/
noun
C1
the cruel killing of many people
The massacre in the village left no survivors.
R
a very big loss in a game or contest
The 10-0 score was a complete massacre for our team.
verb
R
to kill many people cruelly
The soldiers massacred hundreds of innocent people.
R
to defeat someone by a very high score
Our team was massacred in the championship game.
translation
the cruel killing of many people; a very big loss in a game or contest
to kill many people cruelly; to defeat someone by a very high score
Word Forms
3rd Present
massacres
Past
massacred
Perfect
massacred
Progressive
massacring
Plural
massacres