Phrase guide

mass murder

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the savage and excessive killing of many people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, carnage, butchery

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: murder, slaying, execution

Narrower terms: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue, Alamo, Little Bighorn, Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: vrasje masive — successive killing of many people
  • Arabic: قَتْل جَمَاعِيّ (qatl jamāʕiyy) — successive killing of many people
  • Armenian: զանգվածային սպանություն (zangvacayin spanutʻyun) — successive killing of many people
  • Azerbaijani: kütləvi qətl — successive killing of many people
  • Azerbaijani: qətliam — successive killing of many people
  • Belarusian: ма́савае забо́йства (másavaje zabójstva) — successive killing of many people
  • Bengali: গণহত্যা (gonohotta) — successive killing of many people
  • Bulgarian: ма́сово уби́йство (másovo ubíjstvo) — successive killing of many people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大規模屠殺 /大规模屠杀 (dàguīmó túshā) — successive killing of many people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大屠殺 /大屠杀 (dàtúshā) — successive killing of many people
  • Czech: masová vražda — successive killing of many people
  • Danish: massemord — successive killing of many people
  • Dutch: massamoord — successive killing of many people
  • Esperanto: amasmurdo — successive killing of many people
  • Estonian: massimõrv — successive killing of many people
  • Finnish: joukkomurha — successive killing of many people
  • French: tuerie de masse — successive killing of many people
  • Georgian: მასობრივი მკვლელობა (masobrivi mḳvleloba) — successive killing of many people
  • German: Massenmord — successive killing of many people
  • Hebrew: רצח המוני (rétsakh hamoní) — successive killing of many people
  • Hindi: सामूहिक हत्या (sāmūhik hatyā) — successive killing of many people
  • Hindi: कत्लेआम (katleām) — successive killing of many people
  • Hungarian: tömeggyilkosság — successive killing of many people
  • Icelandic: fjöldamorð — successive killing of many people
  • Indonesian: pembunuhan masal — successive killing of many people
  • Italian: uccisione di massa — successive killing of many people
  • Japanese: 大量虐殺 (tairyō gyakusatsu) — successive killing of many people
  • Kazakh: жаппай өлтіру (jappai öltıru) — successive killing of many people
  • Khmer: ឃាតកម្មដ៏ធំ (khiət kam dɑɑ thom) — successive killing of many people
  • Korean: 대량 살인 (daeryang sarin) — successive killing of many people
  • Northern Kurdish: qetlîam — successive killing of many people
  • Kyrgyz: массалык өлтүрүү (massalık öltürüü) — successive killing of many people
  • Lao: ການສັງຫານຫມູ່ (kān sang hān mū) — successive killing of many people
  • Macedonian: масовно убиство (masovno ubistvo) — successive killing of many people
  • Malay: pembunuhan beramai-ramai — successive killing of many people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: massemord — successive killing of many people
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: massemord — successive killing of many people
  • Iranian Persian: کُشْتارِ جَمْعی (koštâr-e jam'i) — successive killing of many people
  • Iranian Persian: قَتْلِ عام (ġatl-e âm) — successive killing of many people
  • Iranian Persian: قَتْلعام (ġatl-âm) — successive killing of many people
  • Polish: masowe morderstwo — successive killing of many people
  • Portuguese: assassinato/assassínio em massa — successive killing of many people
  • Romanian: ucidere în masă — successive killing of many people
  • Romanian: asasinare în masă — successive killing of many people
  • Romanian: crimă în masă — successive killing of many people
  • Russian: ма́ссовое уби́йство (mássovoje ubíjstvo) — successive killing of many people
  • Serbo-Croatian: масовно убојство — successive killing of many people
  • Serbo-Croatian: масовно убиство — successive killing of many people
  • Serbo-Croatian: masovno ubojstvo — successive killing of many people
  • Serbo-Croatian: masovno ubistvo — successive killing of many people
  • Slovak: masová vražda — successive killing of many people
  • Slovene: množični umor — successive killing of many people
  • Spanish: asesinato masivo — successive killing of many people
  • Swedish: massmord — successive killing of many people
  • Tajik: куштори ҷамъӣ (kuštor-i jam'i) — successive killing of many people
  • Tajik: қатли ом (qatl-i om) — successive killing of many people
  • Thai: ฆาตกรรมหมู่ (kâat-dtà-gam-mùu) — successive killing of many people
  • Thai: การสังหารหมู่ (gaan-sǎng-hǎan-mùu) — successive killing of many people
  • Turkish: katliam — successive killing of many people
  • Ukrainian: ма́сове вби́вство (másove vbývstvo) — successive killing of many people
  • Urdu: قَتْلِ عام (qatl-i 'ām) — successive killing of many people
  • Uzbek: ommaviy qotillik — successive killing of many people
  • Vietnamese: giết người hàng loạt — successive killing of many people
  • Vietnamese: giết người tập thể — successive killing of many people