A massacre is a large-scale killing. Massacres can happen when one group of people kills another group of people without provocation or justification.
The massacre happened because the soldiers were ordered to kill anyone they saw.
The massacre happened because the soldiers were angry at the townspeople.
noun
the savage and excessive killing of many people
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verb
kill a large number of people indiscriminately
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The massacre resulted in the murder of 8 foreigners.
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The extent of the massacres is obvious from the banality of the murder.
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The leader of the town was killed, but no massacre or enslavement followed.
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The massacre resulted in the murder of 8 Copts and 1 Muslim bystander.
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This was the spark for the massacre.
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The soldier massacres the defenders.
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At the time of the massacre I was reluctant.
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At the time of the massacre, I was reluctant.
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The fact of the Massacre of Pantasma is not deniable.
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The massacre destabilized the local scene.