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Definition 2025

mass_murder

mass murder

English

Noun

mass murder ‎(plural mass murders)

The killing of a large number of people over a short period of time.

Derived terms

mass murderer

Related terms

Translations

successive killing of many people

Chinese:
Mandarin: 大規模屠殺, 大规模屠杀 ‎(dàguīmó túshā), 大屠殺 (zh), 大屠杀 (zh) ‎(dàtúshā)
Danish: massemord n
Dutch: massamoord (nl) m
Estonian: massimõrv (et)
Finnish: joukkomurha (fi)
German: Massenmord (de) m
Icelandic: fjöldamorð (is) n

Japanese: 大量虐殺 ‎(tairyō-gyakusatsu)
Kazakh: жаппай өлтіру ‎(jappay öltirw)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: massemord n

Nynorsk: massemord n
Portuguese: assassinato/assassínio em massa m
Romanian: ucidere în masă f, asasinare în masă
Russian: ма́ссовое уби́йство n ‎(mássovoje ubíjstvo)
Swedish: massmord (sv) c