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: the flesh of slain animals or humans
a multitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage—
T. B. Macaulay
T. B. Macaulay2
: great and usually bloody slaughter or injury (as in battle)
the carnage of war
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Examples of carnage in a Sentence
Reporters described the highway accident as a scene of carnage.
the appalling carnage in that war-torn country requires that the outside world intervene
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The Valley Transportation Authority’s last rail project in San Jose resulted in carnage for the merchants and residents.
—Lewis Wolff, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
Those hate crimes, of course, are separate from protests about the carnage in Gaza.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
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Lewis Wolff, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
Those hate crimes, of course, are separate from protests about the carnage in Gaza.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for carnage
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carnage. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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