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TOEFL BNC: 15158 COCA: 11499

carnage

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carnage /ˈkɑɚnɪʤ/ noun
carnage
/ˈkɑɚnɪʤ/
noun
Learner's definition of CARNAGE
[noncount]
: the killing of many people大屠杀
TOEFL BNC: 15158 COCA: 11499

carnage

noun

car·​nage ˈkär-nij How to pronounce carnage (audio)
1
: the flesh of slain animals or humans
a multitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage T. B. Macaulay
2
: great and usually bloody slaughter or injury (as in battle)
the carnage of war

Example Sentences

Reporters described the highway accident as a scene of carnage. the appalling carnage in that war-torn country requires that the outside world intervene
Recent Examples on the Web The capture and death of the second suspect in the stabbing rampage that left 10 people dead in and around a small Canadian Indigenous community has ended an intense search but added more questions to mysteries surrounding the carnage. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 Still, the film is firmly in the pocket of Rockwell and Ronan as the odd pair working to solve the carnage. Amy Nicholson, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 The April shelling of a train station in the Donetsk oblast city of Kramatorsk left at least 50 dead and injured nearly 100, turning the transit hub into a scene of carnage and chaos. Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 The April shelling of a train station in the Donetsk oblast city of Kramatorsk left at least 50 dead and injured nearly 100, turning the transit hub into a scene of carnage and chaos. Reis Thebault, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022 It’s a portrait of a rapidly changing world that takes care to document the emotional carnage left in its wake, to gripping, troubling and ultimately quite moving effect. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2022 A few days ago Nirmal Purja’s Nimsdai Foundation posted a video of the colorful carnage at camp two (21,980’). Anna Callaghan, Outside Online, 29 Aug. 2022 The famous campaign is thrilling, with its retreats, carnage and cavalry attacks as darkness descends. Sara Wheeler, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 The story revolves around Nina, played by Salma Hayek, who, as a young girl, witnesses the carnage inflicted by her father’s enemies on her father and brother. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, from Medieval Latin carnaticum tribute consisting of animals or meat, from Latin carn-, caro — see carnal

First Known Use

1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of carnage was in 1614
TOEFL BNC: 15158 COCA: 11499

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