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mass murder

[mas mur-der]

noun

  1. the act of killing a number of people in a single incident or over a short time period, involving more than two victims and typically a large number: The individual motives for mass murder vary greatly.

    He has written about mass murder by totalitarian regimes.

    The individual motives for mass murder vary greatly.

    The article is about five victims of a mass murder.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of mass murder1

First recorded in 1915–20
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“Normally, I would agree that diplomacy is better than isolating an adversary,” Dr. Gregory H. Stanton, founding president of Genocide Watch, a group that aims to predict and punish targeted mass murder, told Salon.

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The scenes at Bondi sent shockwaves across the nation, where mass murder is rare, and prompted a rush of anger and fear from women in particular.

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But there was no evidence or mass murder or large-scale disposal of remains, he said.

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Investigators are also working with prosecutors and looking at the possibility of a charge of conspiracy to commit mass murder.

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Elsewhere, Dedra has a panic attack once the gravity of her role in the Empire's sanctions mass murder sets in, but that's not enough to jumpstart her conscience.

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