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car·nage
(kär′nĭj)n.
1.
a. Large-scale killing or maiming, as in war or an accident.
b. A number of violently killed or maimed bodies.
2. Informal Overwhelming defeat, loss, or destruction.
[French, ultimately variant (possibly of Norman dialectal French or Picard origin or influenced by Old Provençal carnatge, carnage) of Old French charnage : charn, variant of char, flesh, meat (from Latin carō, carn-; see sker-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + -age, -age.]
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carnage
(ˈkɑːnɪdʒ)n
extensive slaughter, esp of human beings in battle
[C16: from French, from Italian carnaggio, from Medieval Latin carnāticum, from Latin carō flesh]
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car•nage
(ˈkɑr nɪdʒ)n.
1. the slaughter of a great number of people.
2. Archaic. dead bodies, as of those slain in battle.
[1590–1600; < Middle French < Italian carnaggio < Medieval Latin carnāticum payment or offering in meat]
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Carnage
a heap of dead bodies; men slain in a battle, 1667; carcasses collectively.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | carnage - the savage and excessive killing of many people bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue - indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered" |
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carnage
noun slaughter, murder, massacre, holocaust, havoc, bloodshed, shambles, mass murder, butchery, blood bath Their peaceful protest ended in carnage.
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carnage
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Translations
مَذْبَحَه، مَجْزَرَه
krveprolitímasakr
blodbadmyrderi
verilöyly
fjöldamorî, blóîbaî
žudynės
masu slepkavība
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carnage
n → Blutbad nt, → Gemetzel nt; a scene of carnage → ein blutiges Schauspiel; fields covered with the carnage of war → mit Toten or Leichen übersäte Schlachtfelder pl
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carnage
(ˈkaːnidʒ) noun the slaughter of great numbers of people. the carnage of war.
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