Both Uses of
massacre
in
Moby Dick
- CHAPTER 66 The Shark Massacre.†
Chpt 64-66 *
- Unappalled by the massacre made upon them during the night, the sharks now freshly and more keenly allured by the before pent blood which began to flow from the carcass—the rabid creatures swarmed round it like bees in a beehive.†
Chpt 70-72
Definition:
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(massacre) the savage and excessive killing of many people
or:
to defeat an opponent by a wide margin