Both Uses of
massacre
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- The Indians had burned Gnadenhut, a village settled by the Moravians, and massacred the inhabitants; but the place was thought a good situation for one of the forts.†
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- During his absence the French and savages had taken Fort George, on the frontier of that province, and the savages had massacred many of the garrison after capitulation.†
Definition:
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(massacre) the savage and excessive killing of many people
or:
to defeat an opponent by a wide margin