Definition of Massacres

1. Noun. (plural of massacre) ¹

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Definition of Massacres

1. massacre [v] - See also: massacre

Literary usage of Massacres

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"It was hoped that the news of the fall of Verdun might arrive in time to serve as a pretext for the massacres ; but it only reached Paris on September 4. ..."

2. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1896)
"The popular temper which rendered the massacres possible had been in course of development for a generation, but the outbreak was the work of one man, ..."

3. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1907)
"€°-96 th ARMENIAN Massacres. ith Germany could hardly lead to a rupture, it was by no CHAP. means certain, in January, 1896, that a pacific solution to the ..."

4. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur Léon Imbert de Saint-Amand, Imbert de Saint-Amand, Elizabeth Gilbert Martin (1897)
"THE SEPTEMBER Massacres. LOVERS of paradoxes have tried to represent the September ... No; these odious massacres were not the result of a popular movement, ..."

5. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1907)
"A series of massacres of Armenians in Asia Minor during 1896 aroused ... In the autumn of 1895 massacres recommenced and continued throughout 1896. ..."

6. The History of England During the Reign of Victoria (1837-1907) by Sidney Low, Lloyd Charles Sanders (1907)
"A series of massacres of Armenians in Asia Minor during 1896 aroused indignation ... of " a new Bulgaria in Armenia "-1 In the autumn of 1895 massacres ..."

7. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1824)
"Do you want good well-authenticated barbarities—good and well-attested massacres, rivers of blood which have actually flowed—fathers, mothers, husbands, ..."

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