pembantaian — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bloodbath noun A massacre or scene of extreme violence and killing.
- 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
pembantaian is used for these senses in English:
- bloodbath Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.
- genocide The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people, typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality.
- massacre The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.
bloodbath — full definition
- noun A massacre or scene of extreme violence and killing.
- noun (informal) A situation involving heavy losses, such as in a game, election, or financial market.
genocide — full definition
- noun The deliberate, large-scale killing of people from a particular ethnic, national, or religious group with the intent to destroy it.
- verb To commit genocide against a group.