MASS MURDER Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the phrase mass murder. (close relations)
Definition of MASS MURDER
Best Alternative Words for MASS MURDER
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butchery | nounn | |||||||
noun • a building where animals are butchered • the business of a butcher • the savage and excessive killing of many people | ||||||||
carnage | nounn | |||||||
noun • the savage and excessive killing of many people | ||||||||
slaughter | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the killing of animals (as for food) • a sound defeat • the savage and excessive killing of many people verb • kill (animals) usually for food consumption • kill a large number of people indiscriminately | ||||||||
annihilation | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • destruction by annihilating something • total destruction | ||||||||
extermination | nounn | |||||||
noun • complete annihilation • the act of exterminating | ||||||||
genocide | nounn | |||||||
noun • systematic killing of a racial or cultural group | ||||||||
holocaust | nounn | |||||||
noun • an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) • the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945 | ||||||||
massacre | nounn | |||||||
noun • the savage and excessive killing of many people verb • kill a large number of people indiscriminately |