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
Johnson’s dishonesty doesn’t even take into consideration the carnage from the homicides of yesteryear in the Windy City.
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Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Tyler, lost in rage in his Hyde form, kills his mother in the ensuing carnage.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Many more were maimed, and almost all the carnage was the direct and intended result of Iran’s nascent Axis.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Men between the ages of 15 and 25 appear to be particularly susceptible to becoming fixated with mass carnage, O’Toole said.
—Ernesto Londoño, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Tyler, lost in rage in his Hyde form, kills his mother in the ensuing carnage.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Many more were maimed, and almost all the carnage was the direct and intended result of Iran’s nascent Axis.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Men between the ages of 15 and 25 appear to be particularly susceptible to becoming fixated with mass carnage, O’Toole said.
—Ernesto Londoño, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnage
Noun
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The shooting at Evergreen High is at least the seventh school shooting in Colorado since the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School that killed 13 students and one teacher.—
Katie Langford,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Sheriff Tony later condemned his deputies’ failures, including their inaction on removing Nathan’s firearms or seeking a court order under Florida’s red flag law, passed after the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Warned by ornithologists that killing an insectivorous bird that also ate grain seeds would lead to a surge in locusts and caterpillars, Mao dismissed such arguments and urged mass slaughter.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The slaughter of the innocents that follows the birth of Jesus in the Book of Matthew is depicted by limp infants that Gaudí modelled on casts of actual stillborn babies.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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