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membantai — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • massacre noun The brutal killing of a large number of people who could not effectively resist.

Senses

membantai 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.)

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.

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