massakrieren — meaning in English

English meaning

• massacre noun The brutal killing of a large number of people who could not effectively resist.
• murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
• slaughter noun The killing of animals for food.

Senses

massakrieren is used for these senses in English:

• massacre (transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)
• murder (transitive, sports, figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic) To defeat decisively.
• slaughter (transitive, intransitive) To massacre people in large numbers.
• slaughter (transitive) To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.

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.

murder — full definition

1. noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
2. verb To deliberately and unlawfully kill someone.
3. noun The collective noun for a group of crows.
4. verb To do something very badly, or to defeat someone completely (informal).

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