"mass murder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mass murders [plural]
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  1. The killing of a large number of people over a short period of time. Wikipedia link: mass murder Categories (topical): Crime, Murder Derived forms: mass murderer Related terms: mass shooting, killing spree, massacre, genocide Translations (successive killing of many people): vrasje masive [feminine] (Albanian), قَتْل جَمَاعِيّ (qatl jamāʕiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), զանգվածային սպանություն (zangvacayin spanutʻyun) (Armenian), kütləvi qətl (Azerbaijani), qətliam (Azerbaijani), ма́савае забо́йства (másavaje zabójstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), গণহত্যা (gonohotta) (Bengali), ма́сово уби́йство (másovo ubíjstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 大規模屠殺 /大规模屠杀 (dàguīmó túshā) (Chinese Mandarin), 大屠殺 /大屠杀 (dàtúshā) (Chinese Mandarin), masová vražda [feminine] (Czech), massemord [neuter] (Danish), massamoord [masculine] (Dutch), amasmurdo (Esperanto), massimõrv (Estonian), joukkomurha (Finnish), tuerie de masse [feminine] (French), მასობრივი მკვლელობა (masobrivi mḳvleloba) (Georgian), Massenmord [masculine] (German), רצח המוני (rétsakh hamoní) [masculine] (Hebrew), सामूहिक हत्या (sāmūhik hatyā) [feminine] (Hindi), कत्लेआम (katleām) [masculine] (Hindi), tömeggyilkosság (Hungarian), fjöldamorð [neuter] (Icelandic), pembunuhan masal (Indonesian), کُشْتارِ جَمْعی (koštâr-e jam'i) (Iranian Persian), قَتْلِ عام (ğatl-e âm) (Iranian Persian), قَتْلعام (ğatl-âm) (Iranian Persian), uccisione di massa [feminine] (Italian), 大量虐殺 (tairyō gyakusatsu) (alt: たいりょうぎゃくさつ) (Japanese), жаппай өлтіру (jappai öltıru) (Kazakh), ឃាតកម្មដ៏ធំ (khiət kam dɑɑ thom) (Khmer), 대량 살인 (daeryang sarin) (alt: 大量殺人) (Korean), массалык өлтүрүү (massalık öltürüü) (Kyrgyz), ການສັງຫານໝູ່ (kān sang hān mū) (Lao), масовно убиство (masovno ubistvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), pembunuhan beramai-ramai (Malay), qetlîam (Northern Kurdish), massemord [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), massemord [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), masowe morderstwo [neuter] (Polish), assassinato/assassínio em massa [masculine] (Portuguese), ucidere în masă [feminine] (Romanian), asasinare în masă [feminine] (Romanian), crimă în masă [feminine] (Romanian), ма́ссовое уби́йство (mássovoje ubíjstvo) [neuter] (Russian), масовно убојство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), масовно убиство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), masovno ubojstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), masovno ubistvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), masová vražda [feminine] (Slovak), množični umor [masculine] (Slovene), asesinato masivo [masculine] (Spanish), massmord [neuter] (Swedish), куштори ҷамъӣ (kuštor-i jamʾi) (Tajik), қатли ом (qatl-i om) (Tajik), ฆาตกรรมหมู่ (kâat-dtà-gam-mùu) (Thai), การสังหารหมู่ (gaan-sǎng-hǎan-mùu) (Thai), katliam (Turkish), ма́сове вби́вство (másove vbývstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), قَتْلِ عام (qatl-i 'ām) [masculine] (Urdu), ommaviy qotillik (Uzbek), giết người hàng loạt (Vietnamese), giết người tập thể (Vietnamese)
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          "word": "mass shooting"
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "qətliam"
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          "roman": "másavaje zabójstva",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "word": "ма́савае забо́йства"
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "másovo ubíjstvo",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "word": "ма́сово уби́йство"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàguīmó túshā",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "roman": "dàtúshā",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "amasmurdo"
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "massimõrv"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "joukkomurha"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "word": "tuerie de masse"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "masobrivi mḳvleloba",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "მასობრივი მკვლელობა"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "word": "Massenmord"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "rétsakh hamoní",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "word": "רצח המוני"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sāmūhik hatyā",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "roman": "katleām",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "khiət kam dɑɑ thom",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "ឃាតកម្មដ៏ធំ"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daeryang sarin",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "대량 살인"
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          "code": "kmr",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "massalık öltürüü",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kān sang hān mū",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "roman": "masovno ubistvo",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "koštâr-e jam'i",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "کُشْتارِ جَمْعی"
        },
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          "code": "fa-ira",
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          "word": "قَتْلِ عام"
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        {
          "code": "fa-ira",
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          "roman": "ğatl-âm",
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          "word": "قَتْلعام"
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "word": "crimă în masă"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ма́ссовое уби́йство"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "масовно убојство"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "word": "масовно убиство"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "word": "masovno ubojstvo"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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            "Roman",
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          "word": "masovno ubistvo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "masová vražda"
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        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "množični umor"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asesinato masivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "massmord"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "kuštor-i jamʾi",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "куштори ҷамъӣ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "qatl-i om",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "қатли ом"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kâat-dtà-gam-mùu",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "ฆาตกรรมหมู่"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gaan-sǎng-hǎan-mùu",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "การสังหารหมู่"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "katliam"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "másove vbývstvo",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ма́сове вби́вство"
        },
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          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "qatl-i 'ām",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "قَتْلِ عام"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "ommaviy qotillik"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "giết người hàng loạt"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
          "word": "giết người tập thể"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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      "roman": "qatl jamāʕiyy",
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      "roman": "zangvacayin spanutʻyun",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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      "roman": "másavaje zabójstva",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ма́савае забо́йства"
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "gonohotta",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "গণহত্যা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "másovo ubíjstvo",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ма́сово уби́йство"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàguīmó túshā",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "大規模屠殺 /大规模屠杀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "dàtúshā",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masová vražda"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "massemord"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "massamoord"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "amasmurdo"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "massimõrv"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "joukkomurha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tuerie de masse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "masobrivi mḳvleloba",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "მასობრივი მკვლელობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Massenmord"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rétsakh hamoní",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "רצח המוני"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sāmūhik hatyā",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "सामूहिक हत्या"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "katleām",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कत्लेआम"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "tömeggyilkosság"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fjöldamorð"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "pembunuhan masal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uccisione di massa"
    },
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      "alt": "たいりょうぎゃくさつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tairyō gyakusatsu",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "大量虐殺"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jappai öltıru",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "жаппай өлтіру"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "khiət kam dɑɑ thom",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "ឃាតកម្មដ៏ធំ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "大量殺人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daeryang sarin",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "대량 살인"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "qetlîam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "massalık öltürüü",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "массалык өлтүрүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kān sang hān mū",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "ການສັງຫານໝູ່"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "masovno ubistvo",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "масовно убиство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "pembunuhan beramai-ramai"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "massemord"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "massemord"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "koštâr-e jam'i",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "کُشْتارِ جَمْعی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "ğatl-e âm",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "قَتْلِ عام"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "ğatl-âm",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "قَتْلعام"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "masowe morderstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assassinato/assassínio em massa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ucidere în masă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asasinare în masă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crimă în masă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mássovoje ubíjstvo",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ма́ссовое уби́йство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "масовно убојство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "масовно убиство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "masovno ubojstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "masovno ubistvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masová vražda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "množični umor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asesinato masivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "massmord"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "kuštor-i jamʾi",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "куштори ҷамъӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "qatl-i om",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "қатли ом"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kâat-dtà-gam-mùu",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "ฆาตกรรมหมู่"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-sǎng-hǎan-mùu",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "การสังหารหมู่"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "katliam"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "másove vbývstvo",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ма́сове вби́вство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "qatl-i 'ām",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قَتْلِ عام"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "ommaviy qotillik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "giết người hàng loạt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "giết người tập thể"
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  "word": "mass murder"
}

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