- (n.) The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day.
- (n.) Murder.
- (n.) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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