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Collocations for massacre - noun

ADJECTIVE

appalling (esp. BrE), bloody, brutal, terrible
an appalling massacre of women and children
genocidal
indiscriminate, wholesale
He accused the troops of the indiscriminate massacre of civilians.

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VERB + massacre

be responsible for, carry out, commit, perpetrate, take part in
The massacre was carried out by enemy troops.
As many as fifty men took part in the massacre.
be killed in
escape, survive
condemn, denounce

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massacre + VERB

take place

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PREPOSITION

massacre by
a massacre by rebel soldiers

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PHRASES

the victims of a massacre

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