mas·sa·cre  (m ăs ə-k ər)
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n.1. The act or an instance of killing a large number of humans indiscriminately and cruelly. 2. The slaughter of a large number of animals. 3. Informal A severe defeat, as in a sports event. tr.v. mas·sa·cred (-k ərd), mas·sa·cring (-kr ĭng, -k ər- ĭng), mas·sa·cres 1. To kill indiscriminately and wantonly; slaughter. 2. Informal To defeat decisively. 3. Informal To botch; bungle: massacred the French language trying to order dinner.
[French, from Old French macecle, macecre, butchery, shambles.]
massa·crer (-kər-ər, -krər) n. |
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