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
As the blackout has slowly been lifted, CNN has pieced together the events of that weekend through firsthand accounts from protesters who have left the country since, and through videos of the carnage shared by activist groups.
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Sarah Dean, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
The Bronx Port Authority cop who killed his sister before taking his own life in a grisly murder-suicide had been repeatedly accused of not doing enough to care for their 86-year-old mother, who barely survived the carnage, the Daily News had learned.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
The kitchen knife used in to carry out the carnage was also there, according to authorities.
—Jessica Schladebeck, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Only now, more than a week later, have details corroborating the scope of the carnage begun to emerge.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
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Sarah Dean, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
The Bronx Port Authority cop who killed his sister before taking his own life in a grisly murder-suicide had been repeatedly accused of not doing enough to care for their 86-year-old mother, who barely survived the carnage, the Daily News had learned.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
The kitchen knife used in to carry out the carnage was also there, according to authorities.
—Jessica Schladebeck, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Only now, more than a week later, have details corroborating the scope of the carnage begun to emerge.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnage
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In a shocking piece of reporting, Cora Engelbrecht speaks to five Iranians who were present at the massacre and—with the help of video evidence and illustrations by Matt Huynh—shares their stories.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2026
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What the massacre destroyed, a century of disinvestment calcified.—
Caleb Gayle,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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All the noisy cheer-leading from afar while slaughter reigns on the ground and nothing is done to stop it,,, seems a lot more like irresponsible armchairing than the op-ed.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Authorities invoked the phrase in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations and in 2024 during university campus protests against Israel’s slaughter in Gaza.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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