All 7 Uses
massacre
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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- It is so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre.†
Chpt 1
- Everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds.†
Chpt 1
- All there is to say about a massacre, things like 'Poo-tee-weet?'†
Chpt 1
- I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee.†
Chpt 1
- I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee.†
Chpt 1
- I have also told them not to work for companies which make massacre machinery, and to express contempt for people who think we need machinery like that.†
Chpt 1
- And Billy had seen the greatest massacre in European history, which was the firebombing of Dresden.
Chpt 5 *massacre = the savage and excessive killing of many people
Definitions:
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(1)
(massacre) crushing defeat or brutal, overwhelming attack — used figuratively in competition and literally for violent killings
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)