as in massacre
the killing of a large number of people
the appalling carnage in that war-torn country requires that the outside world intervene
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Recent Examples of carnage
The brutal aftermath of what Ukraine said was a Russian strike on Kharkiv that hit a kindergarten was laid bare in a video shared by Ukrainian emergency services, with crying children seen being carried away from the carnage.
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
In the wake of such carnage and with such intense hatred on both sides, how could the French people reconcile with each other?
—Time, 21 Oct. 2025
There was carnage all over the country in college football Saturday, as multiple top-10 teams and undefeated ones were upset, causing chaos in most conferences.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2025
The carnage comes for those willing to absorb it.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
In the wake of such carnage and with such intense hatred on both sides, how could the French people reconcile with each other?
—Time, 21 Oct. 2025
There was carnage all over the country in college football Saturday, as multiple top-10 teams and undefeated ones were upset, causing chaos in most conferences.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2025
The carnage comes for those willing to absorb it.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnage
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The horrifying reports of the massacre of hundreds of Sudanese civilians after the Darfur city of El Fasher was captured by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last week were the latest chapter in a brutal conflict that has killed more than 150,000 people over the past two and a half years.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The first of the previous massacres in Darfur occurred in the town of El Geneina, in April, 2023; fifteen thousand unarmed civilians were killed.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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The horses would be prohibited from being sold for slaughter or for carriage business elsewhere.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Such was slaughter that blood could be seen in sand next to piles of bodies in satellite images from space, according to the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health.—
Abigail Williams,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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