Both Uses of
massacre
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I read of men concerned in public affairs, governing or massacring their species.†
p. 131.9 *
- 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.†
p. 193.1
Definition:
crushing defeat or brutal, overwhelming attack — used figuratively in competition and literally for violent killings