Synonyms of 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• massacre
• slaughter
• death
• genocide
• butchery
• bloodbath
• holocaust
• murder
• bloodshed
• killing
• devastation
• destruction
• slaying
• mortality
• extermination
• homicide
• annihilation
• manslaughter
• execution
• bloodletting
• assassination
• eradication
• decimation
• foul play
• pogrom
• demolishing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of carnage

Many of its founding members had seen the horrors of World War I up close (Breton and several others had served in the French army) and blamed their fathers’ generation for the carnage. — Susan Rubin Suleiman, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

These weapons of war are designed to inflict the maximum amount of carnage and destruction and have no place in our communities. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Especially given that worth is a moving target that will only shoot up after what’s sure to be some bad-contract carnage on Wednesday. — James Mirtle, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Those rivalries, bravado and score-settling led to the carnage, Ng argued Monday. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026