CARNAGE Definition & Meaning

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carnage

[ kahr-nij ]

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noun

the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre.
fighting or other violence:
brutal carnage on the football field.
great damage, utter defeat, or chaos:
We are charting a way forward after the Election Day carnage.
Archaic. dead bodies, as of those slain in battle.

carnage

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noun

extensive slaughter, esp of human beings in battle

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of carnage¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Middle French, from Italian carnaggio, from Medieval Latin ��پ��ܳ� “payment or offering in meat,” equivalent to Latin carn- (stem of ��ō ) “flesh” + -��پ��ܳ� noun sufffix; -age

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of carnage¹

C16: from French, from Italian carnaggio, from Medieval Latin ��پ��ܳ�, from Latin ��ō flesh

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He said he had seen videos that showed flocks of ravens hovering behind the harvesters so they could “feast on the carnage.”

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She gave a cautious welcome to the funding news, describing the "pure carnage" of "two trees, massive boulders, slurry down the hill", during Storm Bert.

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The Washingtons and CarMax paint two different pictures of the events leading up to the vehicular carnage.

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The suspected driver, 25-year-old Andrew Jesus Arroyo, injured an employee and several customers in an episode of vehicular carnage that left at least one person paralyzed, according to court records.

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