carnage

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle French carnage, from Latin carnaticum (“‘slaughter of animals’”), itself from Latin carnem, accusative of caro (“‘flesh’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkæ˩.nɪdʒ/, SAMPA: /"k{r\.nIdZ/

[edit] Noun

carnage (uncountable)

1. Death and destruction.
2. What remains after a massacre, e. g. the corpses or gore.

[edit] Synonyms

• bloodbath
• massacre

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