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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

  1. noun A massacre or scene of extreme violence and killing.
  2. noun (informal) A situation involving heavy losses, such as in a game, election, or financial market.

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.

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