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
Scholem has been tasked by the Treasures of Diaspora Archive in Jerusalem with procuring whatever books and artifacts have survived the carnage in Europe.
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Alida Becker, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The carnage caused by opioids has eased in recent years, with fatal overdoses declining more than 26 percent from the peak in 2023 through October of last year, according to the latest CDC data.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 25 Mar. 2025
The chaos, the violence, the carnage of it all rattles him completely.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Her concern over both the animals and the big picture, not to mention her frustration and anger over what legacies of long-grift greed have wrought, offers the tiniest beacon of feeling in a film preoccupied with teeing up some frankly unimpressive carnage.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
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Alida Becker, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The carnage caused by opioids has eased in recent years, with fatal overdoses declining more than 26 percent from the peak in 2023 through October of last year, according to the latest CDC data.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 25 Mar. 2025
The chaos, the violence, the carnage of it all rattles him completely.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Her concern over both the animals and the big picture, not to mention her frustration and anger over what legacies of long-grift greed have wrought, offers the tiniest beacon of feeling in a film preoccupied with teeing up some frankly unimpressive carnage.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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