massacring

Verb

massacre (third-person singular simple present massacres, present participle massacring, simple past and past participle massacred)

1. (transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)
   • If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as Maximilian had massacred the Theban legion1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC
2. (figuratively, transitive) To win against (an opponent) very decisively.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To perform (a work, such as a musical piece or a play) very poorly.
4. (proscribed, transitive) To kill with great force or brutality.
   • Look how they massacred my boy.1972, The Godfather (film)

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