Meanings
nounmass murder (plural mass murders)
plural mass murders
- The killing of a large number of people over a short period of time.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe savage and excessive killing of many people
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قَتْل جَمَاعِيّ
- قَتْل جَمَاعِيّ (qatl jamāʕiyy)successive killing of many people
Bengali গণহত্যা
- গণহত্যা (gonohotta)successive killing of many people
Bulgarian ма́сово уби́йство
- ма́сово уби́йство (másovo ubíjstvo)successive killing of many people
Chinese Mandarin 大規模屠殺 /大规模屠杀, 大屠殺 /大屠杀
- 大規模屠殺 /大规模屠杀 (dàguīmó túshā)successive killing of many people
- 大屠殺 /大屠杀 (dàtúshā)successive killing of many people
Czech masová vražda
- masová vraždasuccessive killing of many people
Danish massemord
- massemordsuccessive killing of many people
Dutch massamoord
- massamoordsuccessive killing of many people
Esperanto amasmurdo
- amasmurdosuccessive killing of many people
Estonian massimõrv
- massimõrvsuccessive killing of many people
Finnish joukkomurha
- joukkomurhasuccessive killing of many people
French tuerie de masse
- tuerie de massesuccessive killing of many people
German Massenmord
- Massenmordsuccessive killing of many people
Hebrew רצח המוני
- רצח המוני (rétsakh hamoní)successive killing of many people
Hindi सामूहिक हत्या, कत्लेआम
- सामूहिक हत्या (sāmūhik hatyā)successive killing of many people
- कत्लेआम (katleām)successive killing of many people
Hungarian tömeggyilkosság
- tömeggyilkosságsuccessive killing of many people
Icelandic fjöldamorð
- fjöldamorðsuccessive killing of many people
Indonesian pembunuhan masal
- pembunuhan masalsuccessive killing of many people
Italian uccisione di massa
- uccisione di massasuccessive killing of many people
Japanese 大量虐殺
- 大量虐殺 (tairyō gyakusatsu)successive killing of many people
Korean 대량 살인
- 대량 살인 (daeryang sarin)successive killing of many people
Malay pembunuhan beramai-ramai
- pembunuhan beramai-ramaisuccessive killing of many people
Norwegian Bokmål massemord
- massemordsuccessive killing of many people
Polish masowe morderstwo
- masowe morderstwosuccessive killing of many people
Portuguese assassinato/assassínio em massa
- assassinato/assassínio em massasuccessive killing of many people
Romanian ucidere în masă, asasinare în masă
- ucidere în masăsuccessive killing of many people
- asasinare în masăsuccessive killing of many people
- crimă în masăsuccessive killing of many people
Russian ма́ссовое уби́йство
- ма́ссовое уби́йство (mássovoje ubíjstvo)successive killing of many people
Slovak masová vražda
- masová vraždasuccessive killing of many people
Spanish asesinato masivo
- asesinato masivosuccessive killing of many people
Swedish massmord
- massmordsuccessive killing of many people
Thai ฆาตกรรมหมู่, การสังหารหมู่
- ฆาตกรรมหมู่ (kâat-dtà-gam-mùu)successive killing of many people
- การสังหารหมู่ (gaan-sǎng-hǎan-mùu)successive killing of many people
Turkish katliam
- katliamsuccessive killing of many people
Ukrainian ма́сове вби́вство
- ма́сове вби́вство (másove vbývstvo)successive killing of many people
Urdu قَتْلِ عام
- قَتْلِ عام (qatl-i 'ām)successive killing of many people
Vietnamese giết người hàng loạt, giết người tập thể
- giết người hàng loạtsuccessive killing of many people
- giết người tập thểsuccessive killing of many people
Cite this entry
APA
mass murder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20murder
MLA
“mass murder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20murder. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mass murder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mass%20murder.
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