carnage

Meaning

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

Synonyms

massacre

slaughter

butchery

bloodshed

murder

bloodbath

killing

assassination

homicide

slaying

mass murder

hit

wholesale killing

battue

blood

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blood bath

bloodletting

bump off

destruction

foul play

kill

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shambles

annihilation

Translations

carnicería

massacre

carneficina

Massaker

carnage

massacre

Blutbad

matanza

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massacro

Gemetzel

masacre

bloedbad

bain de sang

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑː.nɪdʒ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French carnage, from a Norman or Picard variant Old Northern French) of Old French charnage, from char (“flesh”), or from Vulgar Latin *carnaticum (“slaughter of animals”), itself from Latin carnem, accusative of caro (“flesh”).