a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico
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mass murder, slaughter, massacre, carnage, butchery
siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade
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