English-Czech translations for massacre

• masakr
  Vyzvala jste k mezinárodnímu vyšetřování masakrů? Have you pushed for an international inquiry into the massacres?
  Nejvyšší soudy mezinárodního práva pojmenovaly tento masakr jeho pravým jménem: genocida. The highest courts of international law have called this massacre by its proper name: genocide.
  Jedná se o největší masakr od roku 1958, kdy Guinea získala nezávislost. This is the biggest massacre since Guinea's independence in 1958.
• masakrovat

Definition of massacre

• The killing of a considerable number where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms
• Murder
• Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport
• To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms.
• To win so decisively it is in the manner of so slaughtering one's opponent

Examples

• St. Bartholomews Day Massacre
• St. Valentines Day Massacre
• Amritsar Massacre

Related words

• massacrer
• massacre of the innocents
• St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
• Katyn massacre