গণহত্যা — meaning in English

English meaning

• genocide noun The deliberate, large-scale killing of people from a particular ethnic, national, or religious group with the intent to destroy it.
• massacre noun The brutal killing of a large number of people who could not effectively resist.

Senses

গণহত্যা is used for these senses in English:

• genocide systematic killing of substantial numbers of people
• massacre intentional mass killing

genocide — full definition

1. noun The deliberate, large-scale killing of people from a particular ethnic, national, or religious group with the intent to destroy it.
2. verb To commit genocide against a group.

massacre — full definition

1. noun The brutal killing of a large number of people who could not effectively resist.
2. noun (informal) A very lopsided defeat in a game or contest.
3. verb To kill a large number of people brutally and with little resistance.
4. verb (informal) To defeat an opponent decisively, or perform something very badly.