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massacre

Definition

noun: the violent killing of many people
noun: the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
verb: to violently kill (a group of people)
verb: to kill by massacre
synonyms: slaughter, and, behold

Examples

The other team really 'massacred' us on Saturday.
The game turned out to be a complete 'massacre'.
Hundreds have been 'massacred' in the uprising.

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(..) a crippled boy, and became the Three-Eyed Raven. He is our memory, the keeper of all our stories. The wars, weddings, births, massacres, famines. Our triumphs, mm, our defeats, our past. Who better to lead us into the future? (..)
2019 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: The Iron Throne Season: 8 Episode 6