carnage

car·nage

noun \ˈkär-nij\

Definition of CARNAGE

1

: the flesh of slain animals or men

2

: great and usually bloody slaughter or injury (as in battle)

Examples of CARNAGE

1. Reporters described the highway accident as a scene of carnage.
2. <the appalling carnage in that war-torn country requires that the outside world intervene>

Origin of CARNAGE

French, from Medieval Latin carnaticum tribute consisting of animals or meat, from Latin carn-, caro

First Known Use: 1614

Related to CARNAGE

Synonyms: bloodbath, butchery, massacre, death, holocaust, slaughter

Related Words: bloodletting, bloodshed, foul play, homicide, killing, manslaughter, murder, slaying; mortality; annihilation, decimation, demolishing, destruction, devastation, eradication, extermination; genocide, pogrom; assassination, execution

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