September Massacre

American  

noun

1. (in the French Revolution) the massacre of royalists and other inmates of the prisons of Paris, September 2–6, 1792.

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September Massacre British  

noun

1. (during the French Revolution) the massacre of royalist prisoners and others in Paris between Sept 2 and 6, 1792

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Example Sentences

Eva was there with her during the Black September massacre.

From The Guardian

Mr. Wa Lone and Mr. Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in December while investigating the September massacre of 10 Rohingya Muslims in the village of Inn Din in the western state of Rakhine.

From New York Times

Mr. Wa Lone and Mr. Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in December while they were in far-western Rakhine State investigating the September massacre of 10 civilian members of the persecuted Rohingya ethnic group.

From New York Times

But even when he was at his most provocative — faulting the father of the man accused of the September massacre at a Oregon community college, for example — he was unable to translate his penchant for pushing the envelope into support.

From New York Times

In 2007, in what has been called the September Massacre, the board issued rulings that made it easier for employers to block union organizing and harder for illegally fired employees to collect back pay.

From New York Times