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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As the fire spread and the girls began screaming for help, Singleton allegedly stood outside the home, watching the carnage, police said, according to FOX 17.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
From a balcony overhead, photographer Walter M. McCardell of The Sun turned his camera on the carnage below, and a Sun reporter assigned to cover the ice show filed a gripping front-page story instead.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
That obscene quality, both in the baseness of the humor and the earnestness of the film’s central romance amidst all the (fake) blood and (shoddy) carnage, paid off: on Friday, Sundance awarded Atropia with its Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
In the wake of Monday’s carnage within artificial intelligence stocks, JPMorgan found a buying opportunity in Ciena .
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
From a balcony overhead, photographer Walter M. McCardell of The Sun turned his camera on the carnage below, and a Sun reporter assigned to cover the ice show filed a gripping front-page story instead.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
That obscene quality, both in the baseness of the humor and the earnestness of the film’s central romance amidst all the (fake) blood and (shoddy) carnage, paid off: on Friday, Sundance awarded Atropia with its Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
In the wake of Monday’s carnage within artificial intelligence stocks, JPMorgan found a buying opportunity in Ciena .
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnage. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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