massacre

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mas·sa·cre1 /ˈmæsəkə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun  1  [countable, uncountable]SCCPM when a lot of people are killed violently, especially people who cannot defend themselves 大屠杀 the only survivor of the massacre 这场大屠杀的唯一幸存者massacre of the massacre of several hundred pro-democracy demonstrators 对数百名拥护民主的示威者进行的屠杀the Boston/Peterloo/Harperville etc massacre the infamous Peterloo massacre of 1819 臭名昭著的1819年彼得卢大屠杀2  [countable] informalDSLOSE A GAME, COMPETITION, OR WAR a very bad defeat in a game or competition 〔在比赛或竞争中的〕惨败 United lost in a 9–0 massacre. 联队以0比9惨败。

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massacre• Chong plays a reporter who survives a massacre in the opening scenes, then tells her story on videotape.• The situation is probably a cyclic one anyway, with man only partly responsible for the present coral massacre.• I think the huge scale massacre of pheasants is revolting.• A charred baby carriage still stood on the altar steps, exactly where it had been found after the massacre.• He may have brought only dishonour to the name of the county but his involvement in the massacre should not be forgotten.• In the massacres that followed, however, thousands died.• The students claimed the two men had ordered the massacre of 200 people in Kwangju.• The soldiers who carried out the massacre have not been identified.• The bombing of Dresden was one of the worst massacres in European history.

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massacre2 ●○○ verb [transitive]  1  PMSCCto kill a lot of people or animals in a violent way, especially when they cannot defend themselves 屠杀 The army massacred more than 150 unarmed civilians. 军队屠杀了150多名手无寸铁的平民。 Tens of thousands of dolphins and small whales are brutally massacred every year. 每年有数万条海豚和小鲸鱼惨遭杀戮。► see thesaurus at kill2  informalDSLOSE A GAME, COMPETITION, OR WAR to defeat someone very badly in a game, competition etc 〔比赛、竞争等中〕使惨败，彻底击败 The Cougars massacred the Bucs last night, 38–7. 美洲虎队昨晚以38比7大败海盗队。3  informal to spoil part of a play, a song etc by performing it very badly 搞砸〔表演、演唱等〕 Unfortunately, Jones absolutely massacres the role of Ophelia. 遗憾的是，琼斯把奥菲莉娅这个角色演砸了。→ See Verb table

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massacre• All of the films are about teenagers getting massacred by monsters.• A family of eight was massacred by unidentified gunmen.• They say we massacred him, but he would have massacred us had we not defended ourselves and fought to the death.• They have massacred hundreds of innocent people.• If you murder just one person you can be executed, and they massacred many.• The inquisitive Warlord turned to realign itself with its mechanical peers which strode onward together in line abreast, to massacre Marines.• In the distance smoke rose over the old city, where Hindu mobs were massacring Sikhs in reprisal for Indira's assassination.• Claims by refugees that 1000 people had been massacred were denied by the local authorities.Origin massacre1 (1500-1600) French

mas·sa·cre1 nounmassacre2 verbChineseSyllable  

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massacre

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mas‧sa‧cre¹ /ˈmæsəkə $ -ər/ noun1. [uncountable and countable] when a lot of people are killed violently, especially people who cannot defend themselves:
    the only survivor of the massacre
    massacre of
    the massacre of several hundred pro-democracy demonstrators
    the Boston/Peterloo/Harperville etc massacre
    the infamous Peterloo massacre of 1819
2. [countable] informal a very bad defeat in a game or competition:
    United lost in a 9–0 massacre.

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massacre² verb [transitive]
1. to kill a lot of people or animals in a violent way, especially when they cannot defend themselves:
    The army massacred more than 150 unarmed civilians.
    Tens of thousands of dolphins and small whales are brutally massacred every year.
2. informal to defeat someone very badly in a game, competition etc:
    The Cougars massacred the Bucs last night, 38–7.
3. informal to spoil part of a play, a song etc by performing it very badly:
    Unfortunately, Jones absolutely massacres the role of Ophelia.
     

THESAURUS

■ to kill a large number of people
   ▪ massacre to kill a large number of people in a violent way: Thousands of peaceful demonstrators were massacred by the soldiers.
   ▪ slaughter to kill a large number of people in a violent way. Slaughter is also used about killing animals for food: The army slaughtered thousands of civilians in an effort to stop the revolt. | The pigs were slaughtered on the farm.
   ▪ exterminate to kill large numbers of a particular group, so that they no longer exist: Hitler’s goal was to exterminate the Jews.