Massacré (en. Massacre)

/masakʁe/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Text: Event where many people are killed.

Text: The massacre of Trianon left a deep scar in history.

Le massacre de Trianon a laissé une profonde cicatrice dans l'histoire.

Text: Act of violent destruction.

Text: This is a wildlife massacre in this region.

Il s'agit d'un massacre de la faune dans cette région.

verb

Text: To kill a large number of people violently.

Text: The invaders massacred the local population.

Les envahisseurs ont massacré la population locale.

Text: To commit significant destruction.

Text: This policy massacred the country's economy.

Cette politique a massacré l'économie du pays.

Text: From Old French 'massacrer', coming from Latin 'massacrare' meaning to kill, murder.

Text: massacre of wildlife

Text: Massive destruction of animal species.

massacre de la faune

Text: political massacre

Text: Violence exercised for political reasons.

massacre politique

Text: silent massacre

Text: Non-manifest or insidious destruction.

massacre silencieux

Text: slaughter

Text: Killing, especially on a large scale.

boucherie

Text: murder

Text: Act of killing someone.

meurtre

Text: genocide

Text: Deliberate destruction of national, ethnic, or religious groups.

génocide

Text: When something is done in a disastrous or catastrophic way.

Text: That movie was a real massacre!

Ce film était un véritable massacre !

Text: Refers to an event where there were major errors.

Text: That competition was a massacre for our team.

Cette compétition était un massacre pour notre équipe.