Thesaurus results for CARNAGE

carnage

noun

ˈkär-nij

Definition of carnage

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 The very public display of exploding rockets from SpaceX over the last several years has raised more than a few eyebrows of people wondering about the repercussions of where that potential aerospace carnage might come crashing down. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Advertisement Once the carnage gets going, Mitchell never really take his foot off the gas. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 14 Aug. 2026 The utter carnage that follows brings major developments for all the main characters still on the chessboard — and many gruesome deaths by dragon fire, boiling oil, spikes and even catapults. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 The video shows the moment the carnage began, when the gunman drove up to the drive-thru payment window and fatally shot the first victim, In-N-Out employee Ashley Garibay, according to police. — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carnage

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Once the ruthless commander of Bosnian Serb forces, Mladic oversaw the siege of Sarajevo, mass killings and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre that left more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys dead.

— Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian-Serb general who orchestrated the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo during the Balkan wars, has died in prison aged 84.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of massacre

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Recoiling from the mass slaughter of animals, the authors question the linkage of reason and the soul.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
The bureau did not pause sales to Jones after four horses sold to him were reportedly discovered at an auction in Tennessee that’s frequented by slaughter buyers.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

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