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massacre
mas·sa·cre / ˈmasikər/ • n. an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people: the attack was described as a cold-blooded massacre | she says he is an accomplice to massacre. ∎ inf. a heavy defeat of a sports team or contestant. • v. [tr.] deliberately and violently kill (a large number of people). ∎ inf. inflict a heavy defeat on (a sports team or contestant). |
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"massacre." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "massacre." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-massacre.html "massacre." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-massacre.html |
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massacre Massacre of the Innocents the killing by order of Herod the Great, after the birth of Jesus, of all boy children under two years old (the Innocents) in Bethlehem. In the 19th-century British parliament, the phrase was also used informally for measures which had to be ‘sacrificed’ at the end of a session for want of time.
See also Massacre of St Bartholomew, Massacre of Glencoe, Peterloo massacre. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "massacre." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "massacre." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-massacre.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "massacre." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-massacre.html |
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massacre indiscriminate killing. XVI. — (O)F., of unkn. orig.
So vb. XVI. |
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T. F. HOAD. "massacre." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "massacre." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-massacre.html T. F. HOAD. "massacre." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-massacre.html |
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massacre •bazooka, euchre, farruca, lucre, palooka, pooka, rebuker, snooker, Stuka, verruca
•babushka
•booker, cooker, hookah, hooker, looker, Sukkur
•Junker • onlooker • yarmulke
•Hanukkah • manuka
•chukka (US chukker), ducker, felucca, fucker, mucker, plucker, pucker, pukka, shucker, succour (US succor), sucker, trucker, tucker, yucca
•skulker, sulker
•bunker, hunker, lunker, punkah, spelunker
•busker, tusker
•latke • motherfucker • bloodsucker
•seersucker • abaca • stomacher
•Linacre, spinnaker
•massacre
•Jataka, Karnataka
•Tripitaka • Ithaca
•burka, circa, Gurkha, jerker, lurker, mazurka, shirker, smirker, worker
•tearjerker • craftworker
•metalworker • networker
•caseworker • fieldworker
•teleworker • shopworker • outworker
•homeworker • stoneworker
•woodworker
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"massacre." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "massacre." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-massacre.html "massacre." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-massacre.html |
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