carnage.

Widespread slaughter and bloodshed, or destruction described through that image.

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Words that belong together

• scene of carnage
• battlefield carnage

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Survivors described a scene of carnage.

The battlefield carnage left the town silent.

The report avoided images of the carnage.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Mass noun. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.