massacre
nounHow many syllables in massacre?
There are 3 syllables in the word massacre.How to pronounce massacre:
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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In English, certain prefixes and suffixes, when added to a base word, can change its syllable count, as with 'happy' (2 syllables) becoming 'unhappiness' (4 syllables).
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