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Massacre

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty or contrary to the usages of civilized people as the massacre on St Bartholomews Day the St Valentines Day massacre the Amritsar massacre the Wounded Knee massacre

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