Massacre may refer to:
- Wiktionary:massacre, the intentional killing of a considerable number of human beings, under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to "the usages established among civilized peoples" (International Humanitarian Law term from the Martens Clause).
- List of events named massacres. This is a list of events named "massacre". The term suggests Mass murder and its usage may be controversial
Places
- Massacre, Dominica, a village on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean. Massacre is a town in Saint Paul Parish Dominica with about 1200 inhabitants
Comics
- Massacre (comics), a DC Comics villain. Massacre is a Fictional character, a DC Comics super-villain who first appeared in Adventures of Superman #509
- The Mutant Massacre (or "Morlock Massacre") was a major Marvel Comics crossover that took place during the last quarter of 1986. The Mutant Massacre or the Morlock Massacre was a major Marvel Comics crossover, which took place during the fall of 1986.
Films
- Drive-In Massacre, a 1976 horror film. Drive In Massacre is a 1976 horror movie written by George 'Buck' Flower (as Buck Flowers John Goff and Stu Segall (as Godfrey Daniels and directed
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (film series), a disambiguation page to the horror film franchise named after the 1974 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Music
- Massacra, a 1990s French metal band. Massacra was one of France's leading technical death/thrash metal bands in the early nineties
- Massacre (Argentinian band), an Argentinian hardcore punk (early) and rock (newer) band.
- Massacre (band), an American death metal band. Massacre was an American Death metal band They were formed in 1983 by Allen West and Bill Andrews and soon joined by Kam Lee, best known for his vocal
- "Massacre" (song), a Thin Lizzy song from the album Johnny the Fox.
- Massacre (Fred Frith band), an experimental New York City band. Massacre was an improvising and Experimental rock band from New York City, formed in 1980 by guitarist Fred Frith, bassist Bill Laswell
- Massacre Records, a record label. Massacre Records is an Independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany.
- The Massacre, rapper 50 Cent's second commercial album. The Massacre is the second Studio album by Rapper 50 Cent, released on March 3 2005 — five days ahead of the original
Other
- "The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve", a Doctor Who serial. The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was
- The Massacre (play), by the eighteenth/nineteenth-century dramatist Elizabeth Inchbald.
Dictionary
massacre
-noun
- The intentional killing of a considerable number of human beings, under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people.
- (obsolete) Murder.
-verb
- (transitive) 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.
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