Massacre
Related via title: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Definition
The word massacre has a number of meanings, but most commonly refers to individual events of deliberate and direct mass killing, especially of noncombatant civilians or other innocents, that would often qualify as war crimes or atrocities. Massacres in this sense do not typically apply to combatants except figuratively; the deliberate mass killing of prisoners of war, however, is often considered a massacre. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre [Apr 2006]
Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
1572 - Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre: On the orders of king Charles IX of France, a massacre of Huguenots (French Protestants) begins.
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