massacre

noun

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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:

annihilation

blood bath

bloodbath

butchery

carnage

death

extermination

genocide

holocaust

killing

mass murder

mass slaughter

murder

slaughter

slaying

Antonyms for massacre:

abdicate

admit defeat

advance

animate

be beaten

be bested

be defeated

bear

begin

bow

bow out

build

capitulate

cave in

collapse

collect

come up short

construct

create

encourage

establish

fail

fall

forfeit

gather

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