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
But the reigning volume champion in terms of automotive carnage is Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon.
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Joe Salas
june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
This memoir-manifesto could be seen as hopeless, and there is certainly no shortage of carnage in its pages.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 June 2025
The cinematographer used a three-camera setup to cover the carnage on the fenced wall as the town frantically throws firebombs on the infected.
—Daron James, IndieWire, 27 May 2025
All these elements will play their ingenious parts in the inevitable phantasmagoria of carnage to follow.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2025
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Joe Salas
june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
This memoir-manifesto could be seen as hopeless, and there is certainly no shortage of carnage in its pages.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 June 2025
The cinematographer used a three-camera setup to cover the carnage on the fenced wall as the town frantically throws firebombs on the infected.
—Daron James, IndieWire, 27 May 2025
All these elements will play their ingenious parts in the inevitable phantasmagoria of carnage to follow.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for carnage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnage
Noun
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The massacre of the people of Gaza continues unabated.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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As early as the 1970s, Jordan’s crushing of Palestinian guerrillas prompted the emergence of the Black September organization and the Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.—
HUSSEIN AGHA,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
Noun
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They were all robbed, of very little money, and in three instances, their homes were set ablaze to hide evidence of the slaughter that had taken place inside, authorities said.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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Sequences of compliant sheep, moving to their mechanized slaughter, sometimes cut to scenes of streetwise children, repurposing rubble for games.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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