carnage

Noun

Meaning

Flesh of slain animals or men.

Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

massacre butchery slaughter bloodbath mass murder gore holocaust death blood butcher apocalypse decimation violence kill killing
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

execution murder slaying

Hyponyms

bloodshed bloodletting bloodbath battue

Phrases with the word

carnage house carnage merchant

Anagrams

cranage caganer

Examples

All poets adore explosions, thunderstorms, tornadoes, conflagrations, ruins, scenes of spectacular carnage. The poetic imagination is not at all a desirable quality in a statesman. W. H. Auden

Peregrine Wickwrackrum was of two minds about evil: when enough rules get broken, sometimes there is good amid the carnage. Vernor Vinge

May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage. Yahya Jammeh

Mark! where his carnage and his conquests cease! He makes a solitude, and calls it - peace! Lord Byron

Nations with nations mix'd confus'dly die, And lost in one promiscuous carnage lie. Joseph Addison

The enduring attraction of war is this: Even with its destruction and carnage it can give us what we long for in life. It can give us purpose, meaning, a reason for living. Chris Hedges

Close letter words and terms

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