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Boston Massacre
The definition of the Boston Massacre was a fight of colonial citizens against Britain in Boston in 1770.
(noun)An example of the Boston Massacre is the fight in which the British fired into a crowd and killed five people.
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See Boston Massacre in Webster's New World College Dictionary
an outbreak (1770) in Boston against British troops, in which a few citizens were killed
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