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
Every shark movie owes a debt to the sacred mother Jaws, but the thriller about bitey creatures spreading carnage and mayhem in bad weather that Thrash most resembles is Alexandre Aja’s superior nail-biter, Crawl.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
Their annual festive holiday gift exchange spirals into a cutthroat game of Christmas carnage.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
Even under the most hysterical scenarios, the internet provides nowhere near those levels of carnage.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
That’s not surprising considering the carnage in enterprise software stocks on AI disruption fears.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
Their annual festive holiday gift exchange spirals into a cutthroat game of Christmas carnage.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
Even under the most hysterical scenarios, the internet provides nowhere near those levels of carnage.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
That’s not surprising considering the carnage in enterprise software stocks on AI disruption fears.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnage
Noun
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Infowars is facing liquidation because of the more than $1 billion in defamation lawsuit judgments Jones owes relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for calling the massacre a hoax.—
Jim Vertuno,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Valente began plotting the Brown University massacre as early as 2022, renting a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, to stash his weapons.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But Serkis prefers his Trojan horse without the slaughter.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Peace journalism is a form of news reporting by which reporters frame their stories in ways that facilitate nonviolent responses to conflict, for example, by avoiding inflammatory words such as massacre, slaughter, or brutal.—
Karen McIntyre,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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