Definition of Carnage

1. Noun. The savage and excessive killing of many people.


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

carminatives
carmine
carmined
carmines
carminic
carminic acid
carminite
carminomycin 4-O-methyltransferase
carminophil
carmofur
carmoisine
carmot
carmovirus
carmustine
carn
carnage (current term)
carnages
carnal abuse
carnalise
carnalism
carnalisms
carnalist
carnalists
carnalite
carnalites
carnalities
carnalize

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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