Meaning

1 senses
  1. The killing of a large number of people over a short period of time.

    Massenmord

    ма́ссовое уби́йствоmássovoje ubíjstvo

    ма́сове вби́вствоmásove vbývstvo

    the savage and excessive killing of many people

Examples

1 sentences
  1. They called it mass murder.

    ruОни назвали это массовым убийством. — odexed

    deSie bezeichneten es als Massenmord. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
successive killing of many people:
Русский
By meaning 1
successive killing of many people:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
successive killing of many people:

Forms

plural: mass murders
Singularmass murder
Pluralmass murders

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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