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Where do you suppose the term "massacre" came from that describes
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Where do you suppose the term "massacre" came from that describes

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from Middle French massacre"wholesale slaughter, carnage," from Old French macacre, macecle "slaughterhouse, butchery," of unknown origin; perhaps related to Latin macellum "provisions store, butcher shop."
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