carnage
65
8.2
- noun
- /ˈkɑrnɪdʒ/
- NSFW
:
carnicería
- The documentary highlighted the carnage of war, showing the devastating impact on civilians caught in the conflict.
- the carnage of war
- scenes of carnage
- caused carnage
You're seeing, you know, carnage, you're seeing death.
- You're seeing, you know, carnage, you're seeing death.
- Again, all this euphoria while at the same time as carnage was going on in Rwanda.
- And these people are forced to look at the carnage that happened around them.
- But we begin today with the carnage in Waukesha, WI, where five people are dead.
- And today in Syria, we continue to witness yet more horrible carnage.
- So it's carnage, You know, the, that country wasn't prepared for war.
- I mean, some of them definitely had lost loved ones and had seen horrible carnage.
- I found possibly the most carnage I've seen in a video.
- And then Athena, after all this carnage has happened, puts his mind back in.
- This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.
- We have to act and don't tell me we can't have an impact on this carnage.
Examples
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The news report detailed the carnage left behind after the battle, with many lives lost.
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This is total carnage, and not a single western leader has said a thing about what's going on here.
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Many show evidence of the carnage that occurred here under the sea 20 million years ago.
Academic text (1992) -
So here we are running through the debris, the carnage on this side in my wake.
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And it has used religious faith to justify the carnage caused by the war in Iraq.
Academic text (2007) -
I could see, now, around the shores of the lake, the terrible carnage taking place.
Fiction book (1991) -
He'd seen awful things in his life, but the carnage at this airport was going to top them all.
Fiction book (1999) -
We begin today with the carnage in Waukesha, WI, where five people are dead.
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So the carnage in our nation's schools has become painfully repetitive.
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Witnesses described the carnage at the festival, where a sudden attack resulted in chaos and destruction.
Synonyms
690
4.1
An act that causes a person or animal to die
198
7.0
The violent killing of many people in a cruel way
187
5.6
Very cruel and violent actions that hurt people
151
8.1
A very cruel or violent act that shocks people, often against innocent people
107
4.6
Killing or hurting many people in war and other violence
80
5.7
Violent killing of a large number of people
45
7.0
A violent event in which many people are killed or a situation with very large losses
38
6.7
Killing many people on purpose at the same time or in a short time
20
7.4
Extreme cruelty or violence that hurts people
13
8.0
A very cruel act that hurts or kills many people
6
9.3
A large-scale killing of people during war or political violence
6
8.4
Very cruel and violent behavior that hurts people
3
4.2
Very serious physical harm that is bloody and shocking
1
8.1
The very violent killing of many people
A killing of many people at once that is cruel
A situation with very strong violence causing much damage and many deaths
A violent event where many people are killed and people feel deep sorrow
Antonyms
Compounds
How Deadly
- Offensive
147
7.7
- NSFW
65
8.2
- Offensive
198
7.0
60
3.9
- NSFW
690
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
carnage = carnal (opaque) = carn + age
Although historically built from a root meaning 'flesh' plus '-age', the root 'carn-' is not a productive standalone English word for most learners, so the meaning 'mass killing' is not derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Carnage comes from the old root carn- meaning 'flesh', the same root you see in carnivore and the Spanish word 'carne' meaning 'meat'. So carnage brings to mind flesh after violent killing, and that is why it now means mass violent killing or terrible destruction.