mass murder

English

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Noun

mass murder (plural mass murders)

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

Derived terms

• mass murderer

Related terms

• killing spree
• massacre
• genocide

Translations

successive killing of many people

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大規模屠殺 (cmn), 大规模屠杀 (cmn) (dàguīmó túshā), 大屠殺 (cmn), 大屠杀 (cmn) (dàtúshā)

• Danish: massemord (da) n
• Estonian: massimõrv (et)

• Finnish: joukkomurha (fi)
• German: Massenmord (de) m
• Icelandic: fjöldamorð (is) n
• Japanese: 大量虐殺 (ja) (tairyō-gyakusatsu)
• Russian: массовое убийство (ru) (mássovoje ubíjstvo) n