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
Ripping the band-aid off and noting the unfortunate carnage now will give you a clear idea of where your to-do list should begin.
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Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026
Wielding his ancient rulebook, the Lawyer spends much of the movie watching the carnage occur as a pair of sadistic twins (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Shawn Hatosy) and other hunters try to track down and murder Grace and Faith (Kathryn Newton), her estranged sister who gets roped into this mess.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Howe’s first excursion into the Champions League stretched the squad to translucency, while executive churn, financial restrictions and then a summer of carnage in the transfer market have been challenges to overcome.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Those are good questions, but the hotel’s larger geography is never really laid out, and the action scenes — although filled with cartoonish violence — never seem to have any objective beyond the carnage itself.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
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Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026
Wielding his ancient rulebook, the Lawyer spends much of the movie watching the carnage occur as a pair of sadistic twins (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Shawn Hatosy) and other hunters try to track down and murder Grace and Faith (Kathryn Newton), her estranged sister who gets roped into this mess.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Howe’s first excursion into the Champions League stretched the squad to translucency, while executive churn, financial restrictions and then a summer of carnage in the transfer market have been challenges to overcome.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Those are good questions, but the hotel’s larger geography is never really laid out, and the action scenes — although filled with cartoonish violence — never seem to have any objective beyond the carnage itself.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnage
Noun
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Ghaemi said that this language was reminiscent of the propaganda that helped fuel and justify other historic atrocities, such as the massacres in Myanmar or Rwanda.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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And Glocks have been the killing machine of choice in some of America’s most horrifying massacres, including Virginia Tech in 2007, which left 33 dead, including the gunman, and the shooting at Borderline Bar and Grill in California in November 2018, where a gunman killed 13 people, then himself.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The slaughter of hundreds of our service members with roadside bombs.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Now amid the Greeley strike and other slaughter plant capacity reductions — including the closure of a major Tyson Foods’ plant in Nebraska — JBS and other companies are seeing profits increase, Martin said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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