massacre

Etymology
1580, from, from , usually thought to be deverbal from , , though the noun seems to be attested somewhat earlier. It is also found in. Further origin disputed:
 * From.
 * From *matteuculāre, from *matteuca (cf. ), from  mattea, mattia, from Latin.
 * From (compare 🇨🇬), frequentative of, from , from , from . Akin to 🇨🇬 among others.
 * Note also 🇨🇬, originally “spot where animals are slaughtered”, now also “massacre”, and in Maghrebi Arabic “slaughterhouse”. Derived from.

Noun

 * 1) The killing of a considerable number  where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.
 * St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
 * St. Valentine's Day Massacre
 * Amritsar Massacre
 * 1)  Murder.
 * 2)  Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport.
 * 1)  Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport.
 * 1)  Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport.

Derived terms

 * St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مَذْبَحَة, مَجْزَرَة
 * South Levantine Arabic: مَذْبَحَة, مَجْزَرَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: qətliam, qırğın, qırhaqır
 * Belarusian: разня́, бо́йня, разні́ца
 * Bulgarian: ма́сово кла́не,
 * Burmese: လူသတ်ပွဲ
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, pogrom
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: amasbuĉado, masakro
 * Estonian: tapatalg
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ხოცვა-ჟლეტა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 大虐殺,, , 皆殺し
 * Kazakh: қырғын
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: trucīdātiō, strāgēs
 * Latvian: slaktiņš, masveida slepkavība
 * Lithuanian: žudynės, skerdynės
 * Macedonian: ко́леж, ко́лење, крвопроле́вање, маса́кр
 * Maori: hingahinga, parewhero, whakapiko, tārukenga
 * Norman: machacréthie, machacre
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: قان
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ма́ссовое уби́йство
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: маса̀кр, по̀кољ, кла́ње, крвопроли́ће, сеча
 * Roman:, , , krvoprolíće, seča
 * Slovak: masaker, masakra
 * Slovene:, masaker
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: masaker
 * Tarifit: tamenɣiwt
 * Telugu: ఊచకోత
 * Thai: การสังหารหมู่
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: різня́, різани́на, маса́кра,
 * Uyghur: قىرغىنچىلىق
 * Vietnamese: (事殘殺)
 * Welsh:, aerfa, galanas

Verb

 * 1)  To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms.
 * 2)  To win against (an opponent) very decisively.
 * 3)  To perform (a work, such as a musical piece or a play) very poorly.
 * 4)  To kill with great force or brutality.
 * 5) * 1972, The Godfather (film)
 * Look how they massacred my boy.
 * Look how they massacred my boy.

Translations

 * Arabic:, ذَبَّحَ
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: masakrovat
 * Danish: massakrere
 * Esperanto: amasbuĉi
 * Finnish: joukkomurhata,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ხოცვა-ჟლეტა, ხოცვა-ჟლეტის მოწყობა
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: trucīdō
 * Macedonian: ко́ле
 * Maori: whārona awatea, whakawhārona
 * Norman: machacrer
 * Norwegian: massakrere
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: قیرمق
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: устра́ивать резню́, устро́ить резню́
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: масакрирати, поклати, поубијати
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovene: poklati
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: สังหารหมู่
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: (殘殺)

Etymology
.

Etymology 1
, from the verb.

Etymology
Of disputed origin:
 * Most likely from, , from , from (cf. ), from , , from.
 * From a derivative of, although this is less likely.
 * From, alternatively from , from (compare 🇨🇬), frequentative of , from , from , from . Akin to 🇨🇬 among others.

Etymology
From.

Etymology 1
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