mass murder
[ mas-mur-der ]
noun
the act of killing a number of people in a single incident or over a short time period, involving more than two victims and typically a large number: He has written about mass murder by totalitarian regimes. The individual motives for mass murder vary greatly.The article is about five victims of a mass murder.
Origin of mass murder
1First recorded in 1915–20
- Also called mass kill·ing [mas-kil-ing] /ˈmæs ˈkɪl ɪŋ/ .
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