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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˈkɑrnɪdʒ/ · UK /ˈkɑːnɪdʒ/
carnage means: The violent killing of many people or animals, often with great destruction.
noun
The violent killing of many people or animals, often with great destruction.
- The attack caused terrible carnage.
- Doctors struggled to help the victims of the carnage.
- The film shows the carnage of war.
A situation in which everything is confused, crowded, or out of control.
- The kitchen was absolute carnage.
- A broken traffic light caused carnage at the junction.
- There was carnage when the shop opened its sale.
The dead bodies and blood left after many people or animals have been violently killed.
- Bodies lay amid the carnage.
- The soldiers looked away from the carnage on the ground.
- Workers spent days clearing the carnage from the battlefield.
A period of very heavy drinking and the mess or sickness that follows.
- Friday night was pure carnage at the pub.
- He slept all day after the drunken carnage.
- Empty bottles were all that remained of the weekend carnage.
Questions about carnage
What does carnage mean?
The violent killing of many people or animals, often with great destruction.
What is carnage in other languages?
Türkçe: katliam · Español: matanza · Français: carnage · Deutsch: Gemetzel · Italiano: carneficina · 日本語: 大虐殺
How do you pronounce carnage?
In American English /ˈkɑrnɪdʒ/; in British English /ˈkɑːnɪdʒ/.
How do you use carnage in a sentence?
The attack caused terrible carnage. Doctors struggled to help the victims of the carnage.
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