大たい量りょう殺さつ人じん

noun

mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath

Refers to the act of killing many people at once or in a short period. Often used in news reports and legal contexts. 'Bloodbath' is a more dramatic, figurative gloss.

• その事じ件けんは大たい量りょう殺さつ人じんとして報ほう道どうされた。

  The incident was reported as a mass killing.

• 戦せん争そうはしばしば大たい量りょう殺さつ人じんを引ひき起おこす。

  War often causes mass murder.