Sentence examples of "massacre" in French

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Translations: all6 massacre3 slaughter3
Le général ordonna le massacre de tous les prisonniers de guerre. The general ordered the massacre of all war prisoners.
Le massacre des prisonniers était un acte barbare. The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
Le gouvernement chinois contrôlait l'Internet pour empêcher les gens de connaître la vérité du massacre de la place Tian'anmen. The Chinese government controlled the internet to prevent the people from knowing the truth of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
Les craintes restent grandes de voir les affrontements dégénérer en massacres. There remain great fears of seeing the clashes degenerate into massacres.
Comment pouvez-vous rester là à ne rien faire pendant que vos compatriotes sont massacrés ? How can you just stand there and do nothing while your countrymen are slaughtered?
Et quand des innocents en Bosnie et au Darfour sont massacrés, c'est une tache sur notre conscience collective. And when innocents in Bosnia and Darfur are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience.
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