slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery
(noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• insurrectionism
• 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
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
