All 3 Uses of
massacre
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Just at this time the famous massacres took place in the south of France.†
Chpt 43-44 *
- You have doubtless heard of these massacres, your excellency?†
Chpt 43-44
- "Well," said he, "I will ask you the same question which Charles IX. put to Catherine de Medicis, after the massacre of Saint Bartholomew, 'How have I played my little part?'†
Chpt 77-78
Definition:
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(massacre) the savage and excessive killing of many people
or:
to defeat an opponent by a wide margin