Carnage

Quick meaning: Carnage is a noun meaning Death and destruction.

Meaning

Death and destruction.

More Meanings

1. The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre.
2. (figurative, sports) Any great loss by a team; a game in which one team wins overwhelmingly.
3. (figurative, slang) A heavy drinking binge and its aftermath.
4. (figurative, slang) Any chaotic situation.

Example Sentences

There was carnage after the school play ended with 96 deaths.

The game against Sri Lanka and Australia was carnage with Australia winning by 287 runs.

Unleash the wolves / Carnage has no rules / Comparison, competition / We'll bury one and all, all

Carnage consumes all we’ve ever loved / The innocent blistered by the flame / Trial by fire we burn in shame

Word Forms

• carnages

Synonyms for carnage

Depending on context, synonyms include massacre, bloodbath, rampage, butchery, slaughter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include slaughter, butchery, destruction, killing, mortality, shambles.

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