{
    "term": "massacre",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the killing of a large number of people especially in a cruel way",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the bloody massacre of innocent civilians"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nobody survived the massacre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He accused the troops of the indiscriminate massacre of civilians."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The massacre was carried out by enemy troops."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["appalling", "bloody", "brutal"],
                "verb + massacre": ["be responsible for", "carry out", "commit"],
                "massacre + verb": ["take place"],
                "preposition": ["massacre by"],
                "phrases": ["the victims of a massacre"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a very big defeat in a game or competition",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The game was a 10–0 massacre for our team."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæsəkə(r)/",
                "audio": "ma/massacre/massacre__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæsəkər/",
                "audio": "ma/massacre/massacre__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from French, of unknown origin."
}