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Definition of massacre:

massacre (noun):: the wanton or savage killing of large numbers of people; the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty

Synonyms for massacre:

killing extermination death genocide murder carnage slaying annihilation butchery holocaust

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Antonyms for massacre:

encourage yield succumb fail win preserve fall bear collect capitulate

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