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
So much has been made this week of Oakmont Country Club's carnage created for players at the 2025 U.S. Open.
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Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
Of course, expect plenty of satire, jokes, and colorful characters, but also lots of carnage in the name of science and saving the galaxy from strange rifts and capitalism.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 10 June 2025
But the reigning volume champion in terms of automotive carnage is Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon.
—Joe Salas
june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
This memoir-manifesto could be seen as hopeless, and there is certainly no shortage of carnage in its pages.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 June 2025
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Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
Of course, expect plenty of satire, jokes, and colorful characters, but also lots of carnage in the name of science and saving the galaxy from strange rifts and capitalism.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 10 June 2025
But the reigning volume champion in terms of automotive carnage is Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon.
—Joe Salas
june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
This memoir-manifesto could be seen as hopeless, and there is certainly no shortage of carnage in its pages.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnage
Noun
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Orlov also pointed her to Voit's location, leading to the hospital massacre and her abduction of Voit and Dr. Ochoa.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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The season traces the brutal machinery of empire: propaganda, collaborators, betrayal and the looming massacre of civilians on Ghorman, a peaceful planet crushed for daring to protest.—
Los Angeles Times Staff,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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The first half begins in Poland, where seven-year-old Jakob Beer is the sole member of his Jewish family to survive the Nazis’ brutal slaughter.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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Jess remembers her first on-farm slaughter years ago when a female spooked and tore through the woods.—
Bennet Goldstein,
jsonline.com,
4 July 2025
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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