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Definition of Carnage
1. Noun. The savage and excessive killing of many people.
Generic synonyms: Execution, Murder, Slaying
Specialized synonyms: Battue, Bloodbath, Bloodletting, Bloodshed
Specialized synonyms: Alamo, Battle Of Little Bighorn, Battle Of The Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand, Little Bighorn
Derivative terms: Butcher, Massacre, Slaughter, Slaughterous
Definition of Carnage
1. n. Flesh of slain animals or men.
Definition of Carnage
1. Noun. Death and destruction. ¹
2. Noun. What remains after a massacre, e. g. the corpses or gore. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carnage
1. great and bloody slaughter [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carnage
Literary usage of Carnage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History by John Lothrop Motley (1868)
"In the midst of the carnage, the Emperor sent for his son Philip, that he might
receive the fealty of the Netherlands as their future lord and master. ..."
2. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"Pickett's Supports Fail.—The Recoil.—General Lee's Behavior.—His Greatness in
Disaster.—Immense carnage. ..."
3. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain by William Hickling Prescott (1882)
"... evening was setting in ; and the victors, spent with toil and sated with
carnage, were content to take up their quarters on the field of battle. ..."
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