All massacre synonyms
mas·sa·cre
M m noun massacre
- assassination — to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
- murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- bloodbath — If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
- genocide — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- carnage — Carnage is the violent killing of large numbers of people, especially in a war.
- bloodshed — Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded.
- decimation — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- annihilation — the act of annihilating
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- extermination — Killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals.
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- internecion — Destruction, massacre (\"laughter. \u2014 That natural propension of self-love, and natural principle of self-preservation, will necessarily break out into wars and internecions\" Hale).
verb massacre
- annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- slay — to draw (warp ends) through the heddle eyes of the harness or through the dents of the reed in accordance with a given plan for weaving a fabric.
- butcher — A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies.
- decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
- depopulate — To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.
- wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
- exterminate — Destroy completely.
- blow away — If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away, you mean that you are very impressed by it.
- mow down — to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.