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A massacre is a specific incident which involves the deliberate slaughter of people, although a tight definition has never emerged. ==Origin and history of term== The first recorded use in English of the word ''massacre'' to label an event is Marlowe's (circa 1600), ''The massacre at Paris''〔Oxford English Dictionary Massacre, n.〕 (a reference to the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre). The word ultimately derives from Middle Low German '' *matskelen'' meaning ''to slaughter''. ''Massacre'' is also a verb that means to kill (people or, less commonly, animals) in numbers, especially brutally and indiscriminately. The first known use for this meaning was in 1588.〔Oxford English Dictionary Massacre, v.〕 The term is also used metaphorically for events that do not involve deaths, such as the Saturday Night Massacre—the dismissals and resignations of political appointees during Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「massacre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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