massacre
/ˈmæsəkə(r)/noun
उच्चारण मैसकर
नरसंहार, कत्लेआम
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the killing of a large number of people especially in a cruel way
नरसंहार, कत्लेआम
- the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
- Textbooks describe the massacre as a dark day in history.
- The history lesson was about the massacre of innocent villagers.
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- The world was shocked by the massacre and demanded justice.
- Survivors of the massacre still remember that terrible night.
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to kill a large number of people, especially in a cruel way
नरसंहार करना
- Hundreds were massacred.
- International law forbids any army to massacre civilians.
- The invaders massacred thousands of people in the city.
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- Historians describe how hundreds of villagers were massacred during the war.
- It is a crime to massacre unarmed prisoners.
Synonyms slaughter butcher exterminate annihilate kill
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
mas·sa·cre
Double s and -cre (not 'massacer').
अक्सर पूछा जाता है: mas-sa-cre, दो s और अंत में -cre ('massacer' गलत है)।
§Grammar and usage
Informal use: massacre also means defeat heavily in sport.
अनौपचारिक प्रयोग में massacre का अर्थ खेल में बुरी तरह हराना भी है।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
The killing of a whole race is genocide; the killing of many people carnage or slaughter.
पूरी जाति की हत्या genocide; बहुत लोगों की हत्या carnage या slaughter।
General knowledge
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in Amritsar on 13 April 1919 under General Dyer; Rabindranath Tagore returned his knighthood in protest.
जलियाँवाला बाग़ नरसंहार 13 अप्रैल 1919 को अमृतसर में जनरल डायर के अधीन हुआ; रवींद्रनाथ टैगोर ने विरोध में अपनी नाइटहुड लौटा दी।