Massacre Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of MASSACRE

1

:

the violent killing of many people

[count]

• a massacre of civilians
• bloody massacres

[noncount]

• evidence of massacre

2

[count]

informal

:

a game or competition in which one person or team easily defeats another

• The game turned out to be a complete massacre.

Britannica Dictionary definition of MASSACRE

[+ object]

1

:

to violently kill (a group of people)

:

slaughter

• Hundreds have been massacred in the uprising.

2

informal

:

to easily defeat (someone or something)

• The other team really massacred us on Saturday.

3

:

to do (something) very badly

:

to ruin (something) because of lack of skill

• He really massacred that song.