mass murder, n.All

Mass murder (n.) by ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a friendly regime is greeted as good news: half a million peasants killed became "a gleam of light in Asia," and their killer a new moderate leader.