Thesaurus results for CARNAGE

carnage

noun

ˈkär-nij

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 That’s not surprising considering the carnage in enterprise software stocks on AI disruption fears. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026 The 2018 carnage could have been worse for the GOP if not for Abbott. —

Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026 But there are glimmers of hope beyond the carnage, too. —

Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Mar. 2026 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. —

Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carnage

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Hannah Abesidon, the daughter of 78-year-old Holocaust survivor Tibor Weitzen, one of the 15 people killed in the Bondi Beach massacre, recounted her experience of the attack in which her father was killed.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
In the film, a modern-day young female director, Mariana, played by Ioana Iacob, stages a reënactment of the massacre at a square in Bucharest.

— Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026