Question

Choose the correct synonym for the following word.

MASSACRE

a)Stab
b)Slaughter
c)Murder
d)Assassinate

Answer 1

Hint: Massacre refers to the indiscriminate and brutal killing of many people.

Complete step-by-step answer:

To understand the correct synonym we need to understand the meaning of the given word. Massacre refers to the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless people under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty.
Now, let us take a look at the meanings of each of the given options one by one
Option ‘A’, stab, refers to the act of thrusting a knife or other pointed weapon into someone so as to wound or kills.
Option ‘B’, slaughter, refers to the act of killing people or animals in a cruel or violent way, in large numbers
Option ‘C’, murder, refers to the unlawful premeditated killing of one person by another.
Option ‘D’, assassinate, refers to the act of killing an important person for political or religious reasons.
From the above options, we can see that options ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ are incorrect as their meanings do not refer to killing people in large numbers.
Hence, the correct answer is an option ‘D’, slaughter as it refers to an act of cruel killing in large numbers.

Note: In a situation where the meanings of the given options are not clear, use the elimination method and remove the words that you think are least likely to be right, in order to reach the final answer.