English-Estonian translations for massacre

• tapatalg
• veresaun
  Ka Iraanis toimub veresaun, kuid see toimub aegluubis. A massacre is also happening in Iran, but it happens in slow motion.
  Veidi aega tagasi toimus Kiwanjas ühes külas, mille nimi mul hetkel meelest läks, MONUCi laagri läheduses tõeline veresaun. A short time ago, in a village whose name escapes me for the moment, a real massacre occurred in Kiwanja, on the edge of a MONUC camp.
  Austatud president, lugupeetud paruness Ashton, kallid kolleegid! Aleksandrias kopti kristlaste vastu toime pandud veresaun kutsus esile rahvusvahelise meelepaha. Mr President, Baroness Ashton, ladies and gentlemen, the massacres inflicted on the Coptic Christians in Alexandria provoked international outrage.

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