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massacrare

to massacre

verb mahs-sah-KRAH-reh Rare

Also means

to slaughter

Usage Note

Massacrare takes avere as its auxiliary in compound tenses. Colloquially it is used hyperbolically — mi hanno massacrato all'esame (they destroyed me in the exam). The noun is massacro (massacre). The double 's' in the spelling reflects the double consonant held in pronunciation.

Examples

"I soldati hanno massacrato i civili."

Natural Translation

The soldiers massacred the civilians.

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