"mass murder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mass murders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mass murder (plural mass murders)
  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): قَتْل جَمَاعِيّ (qatl jamāʕiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), ма́савае забо́йства (másavaje zabójstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), ма́сово уби́йство (másovo ubíjstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 大規模屠殺 (Chinese Mandarin), 大规模屠杀 (dàguīmó túshā) (Chinese Mandarin), 大屠殺 (Chinese Mandarin), 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), Massenmord [masculine] (German), सामूहिक हत्या (sāmūhik hatyā) [feminine] (Hindi), tömeggyilkosság (Hungarian), fjöldamorð [neuter] (Icelandic), pembunuhan masal (Indonesian), 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), 대량 살인 (daeryang sarin) (alt: 大量殺人) (Korean), масовно убиство (masovno ubistvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), massemord [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), massemord [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کشتار جمعی (koštâr-e jam'i) (Persian), 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 (kuštori jamʾī) (Tajik), ма́сове вби́вство (másove vbývstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), giết người hàng loạt (Vietnamese), giết người tập thể (Vietnamese)

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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "successive killing of many people",
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        "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": "kuštori jamʾī",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "word": "куштори ҷамъӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "másove vbývstvo",
      "sense": "successive killing of many people",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ма́сове вби́вство"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mass murder"
}

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