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massacres  

Definition

  • The word massacre is host to a number of different meanings but most commonly refers to individual events of deliberate and direct mass killings. The term especially takes into account noncombatant civilians or other innocents who have no reasonable means of defense. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Massacres]

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