massacre

1. N-VAR A massacre is the killing of a large number of people at the same time in a violent and cruel way. 大屠殺

Maria lost her 62-year-old mother in the massacre. 瑪麗亞在大屠殺中失去了她62嵗的母親。

2. V-T If people are massacred, a large number of them are attacked and killed in a violent and cruel way. 大槼模屠殺

300 civilians are believed to have been massacred by the rebels. 據信300名平民被叛亂分子屠殺了。