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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The sell-off in stocks is now into its fourth week, and plenty of momentum stocks have broken down amid the carnage.
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Sean Conlon, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
In the carnage, there were grim images, clearly indicating the explicit hostility of state repression.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Her concern over both the animals and the big picture, not to mention her frustration and anger over what legacies of long-grift greed have wrought, offers the tiniest beacon of feeling in a film preoccupied with teeing up some frankly unimpressive carnage.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
That image is a little haunting today, given the city’s recent wildfire carnage, but that emergent feeling adds to the haunted mood pervading The Studio.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
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Sean Conlon, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
In the carnage, there were grim images, clearly indicating the explicit hostility of state repression.
—Edna Bonhomme, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
Her concern over both the animals and the big picture, not to mention her frustration and anger over what legacies of long-grift greed have wrought, offers the tiniest beacon of feeling in a film preoccupied with teeing up some frankly unimpressive carnage.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
That image is a little haunting today, given the city’s recent wildfire carnage, but that emergent feeling adds to the haunted mood pervading The Studio.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for carnage
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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