Massacre - English meaning

verb

Destroy utterly; obliterate.

Usage examples:

A simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all

verb

To destroy completely, leaving nothing

Usage examples:

The approaching tornado was annihilating everything in its path., the annihilation of smallpox is a…

noun

A person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop.

Usage examples:

Markets often have butchers or cooked meat shops that specialize in the head and trotters, that is,…

verb

Slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food.

Usage examples:

A ban on butchering downer cows - animals that stagger, can't walk, or exhibit other signs of bse-w…

adjective

Having an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.

Usage examples:

A butch woman in a baseball cap

verb

Kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.

Usage examples:

The inhabitants of the country had been decimated

verb

To destroy large numbers of people, animals, or other creatures, or to harm something severely

Usage examples:

Overfishing has decimated the cod population., we decimated public transportation in the 1950s and …

verb

End the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.

Usage examples:

The room had been destroyed by fire

verb

To damage something, esp. in a violent way, so that it can no longer be used or no longer exists

Usage examples:

You can use a shredder to destroy old bank statements., losing his job seemed to completely destroy…

noun

The action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.

Usage examples:

The destruction of the rainforest

noun

The action of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed

Usage examples:

Unusually high winds left widespread destruction over the area., the child needs help to control hi…

verb

Completely remove or get rid of (something).

Usage examples:

A policy that would eliminate inflation

verb

To remove or take away something

Usage examples:

You can never totally eliminate the possibility of human error., arts programs face elimination in …

verb

To completely remove something that is not wanted or needed

Usage examples:

The problem we confront today is there is no one thing that can eliminate our dependency on petrole…

verb

Put (a plan, order, or course of action) into effect.

Usage examples:

The corporation executed a series of financial deals

verb

To do or perform something planned

Usage examples:

Now that we have approval, we can go ahead and execute the plan.

verb

To do or perform something in a planned way

Usage examples:

Local authority officials will check that the work is being executed according to the plans submitt…

noun

The carrying out of a plan, order, or course of action.

Usage examples:

He was fascinated by the entire operation and its execution

noun

The act of doing or performing something in a planned way

Usage examples:

The guitarist’s execution of the ballad was superb., [ u ] execution is still a penalty for murder.

noun

The act of doing or performing something in a planned way

Usage examples:

Effective operations managers require advanced skills in design, planning, and execution., the exec…

verb

Destroy completely.

Usage examples:

After exterminating the entire population, the soldiers set fire to the buildings

verb

To kill all the animals or people in a particular place or of a particular type

Usage examples:

International measures have been taken to prevent the extermination of whales.

verb

Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).

Usage examples:

Her father was killed in a car crash

noun

An act of killing, especially of one animal by another.

Usage examples:

A lion has made a kill

noun

(in place names, especially in new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary.

Usage examples:

Kill van kull

verb

Wind up the affairs of (a business) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets.

Usage examples:

If the company was liquidated, there would be enough funds released to honour the debts

verb

To sell your investments or property to make them available in the form of money

Usage examples:

Investors have started to liquidate their mutual funds., the company was forced into liquidation.

verb

If a business liquidates or is liquidated, it is closed so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts

Usage examples:

The only way for management to return value to shareholders in the short term is to liquidate the c…

noun

The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

Usage examples:

The brutal murder of a german holidaymaker

verb

Kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.

Usage examples:

He was accused of murdering his wife's lover

verb

Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being

verb

Kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.

Usage examples:

He was accused of murdering his wife's lover

noun

The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

Usage examples:

The brutal murder of a german holidaymaker

noun

A very difficult or unpleasant task or experience.

Usage examples:

The 40-mile-per-hour winds at the summit were murder

verb

Kill (animals) for food.

Usage examples:

At present the abattoir is slaughtering animals for the domestic market

noun

The killing of animals for food.

Usage examples:

Thousands of calves were exported to the continent for slaughter

noun

The killing of animals for their meat, or the killing of large numbers of animals in a cruel manner

Usage examples:

We must find ways of reducing the slaughter on the highways (= deaths of many people in car acciden…