carnage

CEFRC1

/ˈkɑː.nɪdʒ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The death of many people in a violent event.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any great loss by a team; a game in which one team wins overwhelmingly.

Examples

  • Police encountered a scene of unspeakable carnage.

  • It was a scene of carnage.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre.

  2. Death and destruction.

  3. A heavy drinking binge and its aftermath.

More examples

In context

  • The game against Sri Lanka and Australia was carnage with Australia winning by 287 runs.

  • There was carnage after the school play ended with 96 deaths.

  • Carnage consumes all we’ve ever loved / The innocent blistered by the flame / Trial by fire we burn in shame

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Middle French carnage, from a Norman or Picard variant Old Northern French) of Old French charnage, from char (“flesh”), or from Vulgar Latin *carnaticum (“slaughter of animals”), itself from Latin carnem, accusative of caro (“flesh”). By surface analysis, Latin carn- + -age.