虐殺

		oppressive; tyrannical	to kill; to murder; to slaughter
trad. (虐殺)		虐	殺
simp. (虐杀)		虐	杀

虐殺

1. to brutally murder

   • 而且又證明著這不但是殺害，簡直是虐殺，因為身體上還有棍棒的傷痕。 [MSC, trad.]
     而且又证明著这不但是杀害，简直是虐杀，因为身体上还有棍棒的伤痕。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1926, Lu Xun, “In Memory of Miss Liu Hezhen”

     Érqiě yòu zhèngmíng zhe zhè bùdàn shì shāhài, jiǎnzhí shì nüèshā, yīnwèi shēntǐ shàng háiyǒu gùnbàng de shānghén. [Pinyin]

     And these also proved that she was not merely murdered, but brutally murdered, for their bodies bore the marks of clubs also.

2. to cause someone's death by maltreatment; to torture to death

Kanji in this term
虐	殺
ぎゃく Grade: S	さつ Grade: 5
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
虐殺 (kyūjitai)

• (Tokyo) ぎゃくさつ [gyàkúsátsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲa̠kɯ̟sa̠t͡sɨ]

虐(ぎゃく)殺(さつ) • (gyakusatsu) 

1. massacre, slaughter

   クメール・ルージュは自(じ)国民(こくみん)に対(　たい)して虐(ぎゃく)殺(さつ)を行(おこな)った。

   Kumēru Rūju wa ji-kokumin ni taishite gyakusatsu o okonatta.

   The Khmer Rouge perpetrated massacres against their own citizens.

• 大量虐殺(たいりょうぎゃくさつ) (tairyō gyakusatsu)

虐(ぎゃく)殺(さつ)する • (gyakusatsu suru) transitive suru (stem 虐(ぎゃく)殺(さつ)し (gyakusatsu shi), past 虐(ぎゃく)殺(さつ)した (gyakusatsu shita))

1. to massacre

Hanja in this term
虐	殺

虐殺 • (haksal) (hangeul 학살)

1. hanja form^? of 학살 (“massacre; slaughter”)