massacre

incident where some group is killed by another
Event type_of_crime Q3199915
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massacre

Summary

massacre is a type of crime[1]. massacre draws 1,635 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_crime category, ranking #16 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • massacre's instance of is recorded as type of crime[3].
  • massacre is a type of mass murder[4].
  • massacre is a type of occurrence[5].
  • massacre is a type of deliberate murder[6].
  • massacre is a type of geographically localized event[7].
  • massacre is a type of atrocity[8].
  • massacre is a type of killing[9].
  • massacre's Commons category is recorded as Massacres[10].
  • massacre's said to be the same as is recorded as mass murder[11].
  • massacre's said to be the same as is recorded as bloodshed[12].
  • massacre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Massacres[13].
  • massacre's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[14].
  • massacre's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • massacre's partially coincident with is recorded as no quarter[16].
  • massacre's topic has template is recorded as Q22708306[17].
  • massacre's different from is recorded as pogrom[18].
  • massacre's different from is recorded as genocide[19].
  • massacre's has list is recorded as list of events named massacres[20].
  • massacre's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[21].

Body

Context

massacre's instance of is recorded as type of crime[3].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for massacre include Carnage[22], a film[23], directed by Roman Polanski[24].

Why It Matters

massacre draws 1,635 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_crime category, ranking #16 of 61).[2] massacre has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] massacre is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for massacre include Carnage[22], a film[23], directed by Roman Polanski[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . en.oxforddictionaries.com. en.oxforddictionaries.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of mass murder, occurrence, deliberate murder +3
    Topic's main category Category:Massacres
    Said to be the same as mass murder, bloodshed
    Partially coincident with no quarter
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007555771605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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