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
As Williams clung to him the way a remora fish clings to the belly of a shark, the refs looked at the carnage — and immediately whistled Joker for a ticky-tack offensive foul.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 May 2025
Why would Tesla's stock still be valued so highly in the midst of declining sales and reputational carnage?
—Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The misfit members of the project eventually succeeded in defeating the Butterflies in a showdown at a ranch, and even survived the carnage despite some severe injuries.
—ArsTechnica, 11 May 2025
There will be carnage in an SEC schedule that saw plenty of it last year, and this year’s slate is essentially the same as 2024’s, just with the home sites flipped.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 May 2025
Why would Tesla's stock still be valued so highly in the midst of declining sales and reputational carnage?
—Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
The misfit members of the project eventually succeeded in defeating the Butterflies in a showdown at a ranch, and even survived the carnage despite some severe injuries.
—ArsTechnica, 11 May 2025
There will be carnage in an SEC schedule that saw plenty of it last year, and this year’s slate is essentially the same as 2024’s, just with the home sites flipped.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnage
Noun
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These included a shopping mall siege in 2013 that killed over 60, a bus hijacking in 2014 that killed 28, and a 2015 college massacre where 148 people—predominantly Christian students—were killed.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Israel on Thursday recovered the bodies of two hostages who were abducted in the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre that ignited the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.—
Bradford Betz , Yael Rotem-Kuriel,
FOXNews.com,
5 June 2025
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His 2020 documentary Gunda, executive produced by Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix, examined the life of a pig raising a farrow of piglets who are then seized and sent to slaughter.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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At the moment, most American beef cannot be exported to Britain, in part because of the widespread practice of hormone treatment but also because of other regulations, including those covering the method of slaughter.—
Eshe Nelson,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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