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"4": "to cut, slaughter"
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"etymology_text": "1580, from Middle French massacre, from Old French macacre, marcacre, macecre, macecle (“slaughterhouse, butchery”), usually thought to be deverbal from Old French macecrer, macecler (“to slaughter”), though the noun seems to be attested somewhat earlier. It is also found in Medieval Latin mazacrium (“massacre, slaughter, killing”, also “the head of a newly killed stag”). Further origin disputed:\n* From Latin macellum (“butcher shop”).\n* From Vulgar Latin *matteuculāre, from *matteuca (cf. massue), from Late Latin mattea, mattia, from Latin mateola.\n* From Middle Low German *matskelen (“to massacre”) (compare German metzeln (“massacre”)), frequentative of matsken, matzgen (“to cut, hew”), from Proto-West Germanic *maitan, from Proto-Germanic *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mei- (“small”). Akin to Old High German meizan (“to cut”) among others.\n* Note also Arabic مَجْزَرَة (majzara), originally “spot where animals are slaughtered”, now also “massacre”, and in Maghrebi Arabic “slaughterhouse”. Derived from جَزَرَ (jazara, “to cut, slaughter”).",
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"text": "St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre"
},
{
"text": "St. Valentine's Day Massacre"
},
{
"text": "Amritsar Massacre"
}
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"The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms."
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"_dis1": "76 14 11",
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"word": "war crime"
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"sense": "mass killing contrary to civilized norms",
"word": "butchery"
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"_dis1": "76 14 11",
"english": "in the manner of livestock",
"sense": "mass killing contrary to civilized norms",
"word": "slaughter"
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"alt": "strictly an orderly selection of ⅒ of a group for slaughter; see its entry for other terms concerning other ratios",
"sense": "mass killing contrary to civilized norms",
"word": "decimation"
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "masakër"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "maḏbaḥa",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مَذْبَحَة"
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"sense": "intentional mass killing",
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kotorac",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "կոտորած"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "qətliam"
},
{
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "qırğın"
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"sense": "intentional mass killing",
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "raznjá",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"roman": "bójnja",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"roman": "razníca",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "разні́ца"
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "másovo kláne",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ма́сово кла́не"
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"roman": "klané",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
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"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "lusatpwai:",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "လူသတ်ပွဲ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "massacre"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "大屠殺"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàtúshā",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "大屠杀"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "屠殺"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "túshā",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "屠杀"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "慘案"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cǎn'àn",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "惨案"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
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"sense": "intentional mass killing",
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"word": "pogrom"
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"sense": "intentional mass killing",
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"word": "massakre"
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"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "bloedbad"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "amasbuĉado"
},
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"_dis1": "95 0 5",
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"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "masakro"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "tapatalg"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "joukkomurha"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "verilöyly"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "teurastus"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
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"word": "massacre"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "masacre"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xocva-žleṭa",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "ხოცვა-ჟლეტა"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Massaker"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfagí",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "σφαγή"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tévakh",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טֶבַח"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "mészárlás"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "öldöklés"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "masakro"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "pembantaian"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "strage"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"alt": "たいぎゃくさつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "daigyakusatsu",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "大虐殺"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
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"_dis1": "95 0 5",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zansatsu",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "惨殺"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"alt": "みなごろし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "minagoroshi",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "皆殺し"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qyrğyn",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "қырғын"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"alt": "虐殺",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "haksal",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "학살"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"alt": "大虐殺",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daehaksal",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "대학살"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trucīdātiō"
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"_dis1": "95 0 5",
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"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
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"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "masveida slepkavība"
},
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"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"_dis1": "95 0 5",
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"sense": "intentional mass killing",
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"word": "skerdynės"
},
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"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kólež",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
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"roman": "krvoprolévanje",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
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"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "masákr",
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],
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "hingahinga"
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{
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"code": "mi",
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"note": "in battle",
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"word": "parewhero"
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"_dis1": "95 0 5",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "whakapiko"
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{
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"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "tārukenga"
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"sense": "intentional mass killing",
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
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"word": "massakre"
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{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kan",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "قان"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "koštâr",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"word": "کشتار"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "masakra"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intentional mass killing",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "rzeź"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 0 5",
"code": "pt",
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"word": "ხოცვა-ჟლეტა"
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "massakrieren"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "masakrar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "membantai"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "massacrare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "trucīdō"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kóle",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "ко́ле"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "whārona awatea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "whakawhārona"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "machacrer"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "massakrere"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "massacrar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wymordować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "massacrar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "masacra"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ustráivatʹ reznjú",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "устра́ивать резню́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ustróitʹ reznjú",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "устро́ить резню́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "масакрирати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "поклати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "поубијати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "masakrirati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "poklati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "poubijati"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "poklati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "masacrar"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎng-hǎan-mùu",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "สังหารหมู่"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "katletmek"
},
{
"alt": "殘殺",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to kill in considerable numbers",
"word": "tàn sát"
}
],
"word": "massacre"
}
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