Both Uses of
massacre
in
Frankenstein
- I read of men concerned in public affairs, governing or massacring their species.†
Chpt 15 *
- Such as the peasant enjoys when his family have been massacred before his eyes, his cottage burnt, his lands laid waste, and he is turned adrift, homeless, penniless, and alone, but free.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(massacre) the savage and excessive killing of many people
or:
to defeat an opponent by a wide margin