how to pronounce massacre

/ˈmæsəkɚ/

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massacre is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of massacre in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Christmas he planned a massacre of …”

meanings of massacre

noun:

Any overwhelming defeat, as in a game or sport.
Murder.
The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.

verb:

To give a performance so poorly it is in the manner of so slaughtering the musical piece, play etc being performed.
To win so decisively it is in the manner of so slaughtering one's opponent.
To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.).

massacre frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word massacre occurs in english on average 5.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics massacre can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that massacre can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;