Collocations for massacre - noun
ADJ.
appalling, bloody, cold-blooded, horrible, terrible
an appalling massacre of women and children
an appalling massacre of women and children
VERB + MASSACRE
be responsible for, carry out, perpetrate, take part in
The massacre was carried out by enemy troops. | As many as fifty men took part in the massacre.
The massacre was carried out by enemy troops. | As many as fifty men took part in the massacre.
be killed in | escape, survive
MASSACRE + VERB
take place
PREP.
~ by
a massacre by rebel soldiers
a massacre by rebel soldiers
PHRASES
the victims of a massacre