English-Thai Dictionary
massacre
N การ ฆาตกรรม หมู่ การสังหาร หมู่ การ ฆ่า คน จำนวนมากๆ อย่าง ทารุ ณ buthering killing kan-kad-ta-kam-mu
massacre
N การ พ่ายแพ้ ครั้ง ใหญ่ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ การ แพ้ การแข่งขัน ครั้ง สำคัญ kan-pai-pare-krang-yai
massacre
VT ฆาตกรรม หมู่ สังหาร หมู่ ฆ่า คน จำนวนมากๆ อย่าง ทารุ ณ annihilate exterminate kad-ta-kam-mu
massacre
VT เอาชนะ ได้ อย่าง ท่วมท้น (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ แข่งขัน ชนะ aol-cha-na-yang-tua-ton
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MASSACRER
n.One who massacres. [A very bad word. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MASSACRE
Mas "sa *cre, n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. mazacrium; cf. Prov. G. metzgern,metzgen, to kill cattle, G. metzger a butcher, and LG. matsken to cut, hew, OHG. meizan to cut, Goth. máitan.]
1. The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day.
2. Murder. [Obs. ] Shak.
Syn. -- Massacre, Butchery, Carnage. Massacre denotes the promiscuous slaughter of many who can not make resistance, or much resistance. Butchery refers to cold-blooded cruelty in the killing of men as if they were brute beasts. Carnage points to slaughter as producing the heaped-up bodies of the slain. I'll find a day to massacre them all, And raze their faction and their family. Shak. If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds, Brhold this pattern of thy butcheries. Shak. Such a scent I draw Of carnage, prey innumerable! Milton.
MASSACRE
Mas "sa *cre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Massacred; p. pr. & vb. n.Massacring.] Etym: [Cf. F. massacrer. See Massacre, n.]
Defn: To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings.If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as Maximian had massacred the Theban legion. Macaulay.
MASSACRER
MASSACRER Mas "sa *crer, n.
Defn: One who massacres. [R.]
New American Oxford Dictionary
massacre
mas sa cre |ˈmasikər ˈmæsəkər | ▶noun an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people: the attack was described as a cold-blooded massacre | she says he is an accomplice to massacre. • informal a heavy defeat of a sports team or contestant. ▶verb [ with obj. ] deliberately and violently kill (a large number of people ). • informal inflict a heavy defeat on (a sports team or contestant ). ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French, of unknown origin.
Massacre of St Bartholomew
Massacre of St Bar |tholo |mew the massacre of Huguenots throughout France ordered by Charles IX at the instigation of his mother, Catherine de' Medici, and begun without warning on 24 August (the feast of St Bartholomew ) 1572.
Oxford Dictionary
massacre
mas |sacre |ˈmasəkə | ▶noun an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people: reports of massacres by government troops. • informal a heavy defeat of a sporting team or contestant. ▶verb [ with obj. ] deliberately and brutally kill (many people ). • informal inflict a heavy defeat on (a sporting opponent ). • informal perform (a piece of music, a play, etc. ) very ineptly: the choir was massacring ‘In the Bleak Midwinter ’. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French, of unknown origin.
Massacre of St Bartholomew
Massacre of St Bar |tholo |mew the massacre of Huguenots throughout France ordered by Charles IX at the instigation of his mother, Catherine de' Medici, and begun without warning on 24 August (the feast of St Bartholomew ) 1572.
American Oxford Thesaurus
massacre
massacre noun 1 a cold-blooded massacre of innocent civilians: slaughter, wholesale /mass slaughter, indiscriminate killing, mass murder, mass execution, annihilation, liquidation, decimation, extermination; carnage, butchery, bloodbath, bloodletting, pogrom, genocide, ethnic cleansing, holocaust, night of the long knives; literary slaying. 2 informal the game was an 8 –0 massacre. See rout (sense 2 of the noun ). ▶verb 1 thousands were brutally massacred: slaughter, butcher, murder, kill, annihilate, exterminate, execute, liquidate, eliminate, decimate, wipe out, mow down, cut down, put to the sword, put to death; literary slay. 2 informal they were massacred in the final round. See trounce.
Oxford Thesaurus
massacre
massacre noun 1 a cold-blooded massacre of innocent civilians: slaughter, wholesale slaughter, mass slaughter, wholesale killing, indiscriminate killing; murder, murdering, mass murder, mass homicide, execution, mass execution, destruction, mass destruction, annihilation, extermination, liquidation, decimation, carnage, butchery, bloodbath, bloodletting, pogrom, genocide, ethnic cleansing, holocaust, Shoah, night of the long knives; literary slaying; rare battue, hecatomb. 2 informal the match was an 8 –0 massacre. See rout (sense 2 of the verb ). ▶verb 1 thousands were brutally massacred by the soldiers: slaughter, butcher, murder, kill, annihilate, exterminate, execute, liquidate, eliminate, destroy, decimate, kill off, wipe out, mow down, cut down, cut to pieces, put to the sword, put to death, send to the gas chambers; literary slay. 2 informal they were absolutely massacred in the final. See trounce.
French Dictionary
massacre
massacre n. m. nom masculin 1 Meurtre d ’un grand nombre d ’êtres vivants. : Cette guerre a entraîné d ’horribles massacres. 2 familier Gâchis. : Cette interprétation a été un massacre. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec les noms suivants: • carnage, massacre d ’hommes ou d ’animaux; • hécatombe, grande masse de personnes tuées, surtout au figuré; • tuerie, action de tuer sauvagement.
massacrer
massacrer v. tr. verbe transitif 1 Tuer un grand nombre de personnes avec sauvagerie. : Cette peuplade a été massacrée. SYNONYME assassiner . 2 figuré Détruire. : Ces opposants ont massacré notre projet. SYNONYME démolir ; saboter . aimer
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
massacre
mas sa cre /mǽsəkə r /名詞 複 ～s 1 C U (特に無防備な人々の )大量虐殺 .2 C ｟くだけて ｠(試合 競争などでの )完敗, ぼろ負け .動詞 他動詞 1 〈 (特に無防備な )人 動物 〉を大量虐殺する (→kill 類義 )▸ About half a million people were massacred in Rwanda .ルワンダでは約50万人が虐殺された 2 ｟くだけて ｠(試合 競争などで )…を完敗させる .3 ｟くだけて ｠〈歌 芝居など 〉をしくじる , 台なしにする .
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