Carnage
['kɑːnɪdʒ] or ['kɑrnɪdʒ]
Definition
(n.) Flesh of slain animals or men.
(n.) Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc.
Typist: Ronald
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Slaughter, butchery, massacre, murder, bloodshed, havoc.
Checker: Micawber
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Massacre, slaughter, bloodshed, butchery
ANT:Ransom, deliverance, quarter
Checker: Reginald
Definition
n. (obs.) a heap of slain: slaughter.
Inputed by Frances
Examples
- But it was useless--he walked forth out of the carnage without a wound. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He plunged into the carnage of a hundred battles, but his good Excalibur always brought him out alive, albeit often sorely wounded. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I was glad in my heart that I had been spared these scenes of malignant carnage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They will arrest him yet unless he assumes an expression of countenance that shall have less of carnage, insurrection and sedition in it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I had turned loose into the world a depraved wretch, whose delight was in carnage and misery; had he not murdered my brother? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Typed by Allan