Nouns (1)
mass murder
n. the savage and excessive killing of many people
Verbs (2)
slaughter, mow down
v. kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"
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Fuzzynyms (26)
holocaust
n. an act of great destruction and loss of life
conflagration, inferno
n. a very intense and uncontrolled fire
annihilation, obliteration
n. destruction by annihilating something
liquidation, extermination
n. the act of exterminating
bloodshed, bloodbath, bloodletting, battue
n. indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"
butchery, butchering
n. the business of a butcher
slaughter, carnage, butchery
n. the savage and excessive killing of many people
pogrom
n. organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
dispatch, hit, murder, remove, polish off, slay, bump off
v. kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
slaughter, butcher
v. kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
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massacre
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