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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Mas has recreated the image of carnage on the same scale as Picasso’s original, with the addition of black body bags referencing those used for casualties of the war in Ukraine.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Another nine people were hospitalized in the wake of the classroom carnage.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 21 Nov. 2024
Despite the carnage, Bettencourt Meyers hasn’t refrained from supporting French ventures through her family’s investment firm, Téthys Invest.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 28 Nov. 2024
That would be on top of the carnage already left behind by Hurricane Helene, posing a potential record-breaking path of wreckage.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Another nine people were hospitalized in the wake of the classroom carnage.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 21 Nov. 2024
Despite the carnage, Bettencourt Meyers hasn’t refrained from supporting French ventures through her family’s investment firm, Téthys Invest.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 28 Nov. 2024
That would be on top of the carnage already left behind by Hurricane Helene, posing a potential record-breaking path of wreckage.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for carnage
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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