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
Judges praised the thoroughness and compassion of the newspaper’s reporting on a scene of carnage in its hometown.
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Jennifer Peltz, Twin Cities, 4 May 2026
Trial takes place in downtown Sacramento just blocks from the carnage.
—Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Their handiwork was on display in the lobby’s Museum of Bizarre Diskasters, an exhibition of silicon carnage.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The irony and meaninglessness of the carnage rankles, especially when Ulysses is presented as such a nice guy who is prone to de-escalation in his day-to-day work.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Peltz, Twin Cities, 4 May 2026
Trial takes place in downtown Sacramento just blocks from the carnage.
—Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Their handiwork was on display in the lobby’s Museum of Bizarre Diskasters, an exhibition of silicon carnage.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The irony and meaninglessness of the carnage rankles, especially when Ulysses is presented as such a nice guy who is prone to de-escalation in his day-to-day work.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnage
Noun
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This article includes graphic and disturbing accounts from the October 7 massacre in Israel.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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But 2026 has marked a new nadir for one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with the government’s massacre of anti-regime protestors in January and widespread destruction from the United States’ and Israel’s intermittent war.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
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The deadliest so far was the mass slaughter at a Hanukkah party on Sydney’s Bondi Beach in December, but perhaps only luck and good police work have prevented an even worse atrocity on American soil.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Yolande Mukakasana, a genocide survivor and writer who lost her entire family in the genocide, told The Associated Press when the trial opened that the case had come too late for many survivors who have died since the slaughter.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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