Masacre (en. Massacre)

[maˈsa.kɾe]

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

noun

Act of killing a large number of people violently.

The massacre in the village shocked the nation.

La masacre en el pueblo conmocionó a la nación.

Situation in which there is a great shedding of blood.

The report details the massacre that took place during the conflict.

El informe detalla la masacre que tuvo lugar durante el conflicto.

War crime involving the deliberate killing of a significant number of civilians.

Massacres in war zones are atrocious crimes.

Las masacres en zonas de guerra son crímenes atroces.

From Latin 'mānsu̇m' meaning 'massacre', related to the image of bloodshed.

cold-blooded massacre

To carry out a violent act without compassion.

masacre a sangre fría

massacre of innocents

To kill people who are not guilty of anything.

masacre de inocentes

mass massacre

The killing of a large number of individuals at the same time.

masacre en masa

slaughter

Act of killing brutally.

carnicería

genocide

Systematic extermination of an ethnic or religious group.

genocidio

extermination

Complete elimination of a group or species.

exterminio

Great defeat or failure in a non-literal context.

The presentation was a massacre, no one understood the topic.

La presentación fue una masacre, nadie entendió el tema.

Situation where someone is overwhelmed or harshly criticized.

He received a massacre on social media for his comment.

Recibió una masacre en las redes sociales por su comentario.