Massacre
noun
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- (slaughter of a large number of people or animals) ការសម្លាប់រង្គាល, ការសម្លាប់សត្វអស់ច្រើន, ការធ្វើឲ្យខូច
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការសម្លាប់រង្គាលមហាឃាតកម្មសម្លាប់រង្គាល
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- (LITERARY) ការវិនាស
Example: The massacre of thousands of people for their religious beliefs.
verb — past tense: massacred ; past participle: massacred ; present participle: massacring ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To kill indiscriminately and mercilessly) សម្លាប់រង្គាល
Example: The massacre of helpless prisoners is a savage act.
Example: We wore massacred in the final.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- 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.
verb — past tense: massacred ; past participle: massacred ; present participle: massacring ;
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- 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.
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- annihilate, butcher, execute, exterminate, kill, liquidate, murder, slaughter, slay
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- atrocity, butchery, carnage, holocaust, killing, murder, pogrom, slaughter
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- animate, protect, resuscitate, save, vivify
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- Murder