Definition for Massacre:

• 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.

Synonyms for Massacre:

• n.

  •
  • overpower,
  • smash,
  • thrash,
  • beat,
  • crush.
  •
  • pogrom.
  •
  • trimming,
  • overthrow.
  •defeat (noun)
  • thrashing,
  • trouncing,
  • whipping,
  • debacle,
  • drubbing.
  •destruction (noun)
  • havoc,
  • ruination,
  • eradication,
  • extinction,
  • sacking,
  • elimination.
  •genocide (noun)
  • mass execution,
  • race extermination,
  • decimation.
  •killing (noun)
  • hanging,
  • asphyxiation,
  • execution,
  • extermination,
  • manslaughter,
  • slaying,
  • strangulation,
  • Snuffing,
  • butchering,
  • assassination,
  • purging,
  • removal,
  • Dispatching.
  •massacre (noun)
  • carnage,
  • Internecion,
  • murder,
  • annihilation,
  • butchery.
  •mass murder (noun)
  • mass destruction,
  • mass extermination,
  • final solution.

• v.

  •annihilate (verb)
  • annul,
  • extinguish,
  • obliterate,
  • abolish,
  • erase,
  • raze,
  • do in,
  • eradicate,
  • extirpate,
  • demolish.
  •change (verb)
  • slaughter.
  •cut (verb)
  • mow,
  • dispatch.
  •decimate (verb)
  • stamp out,
  • execute.
  •exterminate (verb)
  • do away with,
  • eliminate,
  • destroy.
  •kill (verb)
  • drown,
  • smite,
  • strangle,
  • chill,
  • asphyxiate,
  • suffocate,
  • depopulate,
  • purge,
  • put to sleep,
  • remove,
  • exterminate,
  • assassinate,
  • snuff,
  • ice,
  • smother,
  • butcher,
  • sacrifice,
  • hang.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • electrocute,
  • Dusting,
  • shellacking,
  • disembowel,
  • revenge,
  • decapitate,
  • fry,
  • shellac,
  • edit,
  • lynch,
  • bloodbath,
  • decimate,
  • demolition,
  • bump off,
  • spear,
  • Vanquishment,
  • garrotte,
  • dismember,
  • immolate,
  • starve,
  • knife.
  •
  • clobber,
  • guillotine,
  • rout,
  • Pasting,
  • hiding,
  • trounce,
  • orphan,
  • steamroller,
  • put away.
  •
  • cream,
  • annihilate,
  • wallop,
  • beating,
  • vanquish,
  • gas,
  • martyr,
  • licking,
  • scalp,
  • blow away,
  • drub.
  •
  • smear.
  •
  • waste.
  •
  • savage.
  •
  • burn.
  •
  • off.
  •
  • fall.
  •kill
  • putting to death,
  • put to death.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hecatomb,
  • lay waste,
  • best,
  • devastate,
  • settle,
  • atrocity,
  • dispose of,
  • Noyade,
  • laugher,
  • obstreperousness,
  • Murdering,
  • shambles,
  • weed out,
  • hurban,
  • conquer,
  • fusillade,
  • homicide,
  • doing away with,
  • flatten,
  • lick,
  • termination,
  • suppress,
  • riot,
  • blood bath,
  • shed blood,
  • trample,
  • looting,
  • attack,
  • worst,
  • stifle,
  • batter,
  • polish off,
  • violation,
  • bring down,
  • squash,
  • terminate,
  • make away with,
  • wiping out,
  • burke,
  • deluge,
  • saturnalia of blood,
  • perish,
  • pillaging,
  • wipe,
  • whip,
  • skunk,
  • ravage,
  • annihilating,
  • shatter,
  • rioting,
  • subjugate,
  • onslaught,
  • Exterminating,
  • shoot-down,
  • wasting,
  • get rid of,
  • doing in,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • lay low,
  • cut to pieces,
  • walloping,
  • topple,
  • death,
  • unruliness,
  • rubbing out,
  • Slaughtering,
  • laying waste,
  • abattoir,
  • make mincemeat of,
  • do for,
  • finish,
  • mangle,
  • subdue,
  • knock-off,
  • blood-letting,
  • battering,
  • mutilate,
  • win over,
  • slaughterhouse,
  • assault,
  • rape,
  • victimize,
  • obliteration,
  • fatality,
  • shoah,
  • despatch,
  • thuggery,
  • disorderliness,
  • trim.

Paraphrases for Massacre:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    carnage.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    butchery, carnage.
  • Verb, base form
    slaughter.

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    kills.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    slaughter.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    bloodletting, slaughter.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    murder, slaughterhouse, annihilation, Culling, beheading, mess, mass.
  • Verb, base form
    murder.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    holocaust.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Slaughtering, slaying, genocide, bloodshed, onslaught, assassination, holocaust, tragedy.

Homophones for Massacre:

• measure, miscarry, money cowrie, mouser, mincer, maker, manger, mcgraw, mimicry, minicar, make sure, meager, mimicker, menagerie, macro, mazer, maiger, menninger, megaera, mouse hare, mucor, misery, make grow, maser, mauser, maigre, mockery, magic square, monsieur, muscari, mascara, masher, Mens Rea, Masorah, Mick Jagger, masseur, micro, miser, mocker, massager, masker, mysore, muser, missouri, Masora, manager, magyar, manchuria, monger, measurer, musher, moniker, moneymaker, mojarra, moocher, meagre, major, manicure, mixer, mouse ear, maseru, macer, Mesozoic Era, muncher, masquer, makaira, mugger.

Hyponym for Massacre:

• v.

  • change
    kill.