English-French translations for massacre

• massacre
  Les massacres en Algérie n' ont pas cessé. The massacres in Algeria have not ceased.
  N’y a-t-il pas eu de massacre en Tchétchénie? Has there not been a massacre in Chechnya?
  Au total, 400 massacres ont eu lieu en 1999. This resulted in over 400 massacres in 1999.
• bain de sang
• carnage
  Je dirai juste que nous ne pouvons pas oublier la tragédie du 11 septembre, que nous ne pouvons pas oublier le carnage de Londres, que nous ne pouvons pas oublier le massacre de Madrid. I shall just say that we cannot forget the tragedy of September 11; we cannot forget the London bloodshed; we cannot forget the Madrid massacre.
  Quant à la logique du déplacement par cages, à travers les systèmes de transport, elle est à l'origine d'un véritable carnage, d'une véritable destruction d'organismes vivants. This is also the attitude behind transport in cages, through the transport systems, which is at the root of a real massacre, real destruction of living organisms.
• estropier
• massacrer
• tuerie
  Avant tout, et c’est là le plus important, vous avez mentionné la tuerie de Beslan, et notamment le massacre des innocents qui a eu lieu dans cette ville. First and most importantly of all, you mentioned the massacre at Beslan and in particular the slaughter of innocents that took place.

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