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carnagecar‧nage /ˈkɑːnɪdʒ $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [uncountable]   carnageOrigin: 1600-1700 French, Medieval Latin carnaticum ‘meat, especially as given to a ruler’, from Latin caro; ➔ CARNAL - The foreign minister has asked ambassadors from several states to help end the carnage.
- The war was over. The carnage had ceased.
- TV cameras broadcast scenes of terrible carnage to U.S. audiences.
- Amidst scenes of carnage it was more than two hours before Muawad's death was officially announced.
- Contains war carnage, profanity and protracted suffering.
- His silent swearing changed to loud and repetitive cursing as he watched the carnage which followed.
- Soon the sharks are eating each other in a carnage such as you shall never see.
- The next grim prospect is carnage following the PE2 results.
- There was usually carnage, inhibited mainly by the water the traders had added to the whiskey.
- They let their dark sides control their lives and actively seek opportunities to cause death and carnage.
when a large number of people are killed► massacre when a large number of people are easily killed, because they are not able to defend themselves: · The soldiers who carried out the massacre have not been identified.massacre of: · The students claimed the two men had ordered the massacre of 200 people in Kwangju. ► slaughter when a large number of people are killed in a very cruel or violent way: · The slaughter was terrible - the whole field was covered with bodies.· Many are determined to avenge the slaughter in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.slaughter of: · His war crimes included the deliberate slaughter of 250,000 individuals. ► carnage when a large number of people are violently killed, especially in a war - used especially in newspapers: · The war was over. The carnage had ceased.· The foreign minister has asked ambassadors from several states to help end the carnage. ► mass murder when one or more people kill a large number of people violently at about the same time: · Details are still emerging of this, the biggest mass murder in Canadian history.mass murder of: · the mass murder of innocent people ► genocide when a whole group or race of people are killed in a planned and organized way: · What is going on is not just war, it is genocide.· In recent history, the existence of prejudice has led to violence and genocide. when a lot of people are killed and injured, especially in a war:  a scene of terrible carnage |