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mass murder

mass murder noun: the killing of a large number of people over a short period of time.

Noun

mass murder (plural mass murders)

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

mass murder meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic

mass murder in Hindi

successive killing of many people
सामूहिक हत्या sāmūhik hatyā, कत्लेआम katleām

mass murder in Urdu

successive killing of many people
قَتْلِ عام qatl-i 'ām

mass murder in Bengali

successive killing of many people
গণহত্যা gonohotta

mass murder in Arabic

successive killing of many people
قَتْل جَمَاعِيّ qatl jamāʕiyy
More languagesFewer languages
mass murder in Malay
pembunuhan beramai-ramai
mass murder in Indonesian
pembunuhan masal
mass murder in Thai
ฆาตกรรมหมู่ kâat-dtà-gam-mùu, การสังหารหมู่ gaan-sǎng-hǎan-mùu
mass murder in Vietnamese
giết người hàng loạt, giết người tập thể

Forms of mass murder

pluralmass murders

Words formed from mass murder

Questions about mass murder

What does mass murder mean?
Mass murder means the killing of a large number of people over a short period of time.
What is mass murder in Hindi?
Mass murder in Hindi is सामूहिक हत्या (sāmūhik hatyā), कत्लेआम (katleām). See Mass murder meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mass murder?
Mass murder is a noun.
What is the plural of mass murder?
The plural of mass murder is mass murders.

Words near mass murder in the dictionary

  1. mass medium
  2. mass meristem
  3. mass meristems
  4. mass monster
  5. mass monsters
  6. mass murder
  7. mass murderer
  8. mass murderers
  9. mass murders
  10. mass noun
  11. mass nouns

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