CARNAGE

slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery

(noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

carnage (usually uncountable, plural carnages)

Death and destruction.

Synonyms: massacre, bloodbath

The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre.

(figurative, slang) Any chaotic situation.

Synonyms

• insurrectionism

Anagrams

• cranage

Source: Wiktionary


Car"nage, n. Etym: [F. carnage, LL. carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]

1. Flesh of slain animals or men. A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage. Macaulay.

2. Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc. The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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