carnage(n = noun.act) butchery, mass murder, massacre, slaughter - the savage and excessive killing of many people;
is a kind of execution, murder, slaying
has particulars: battue, bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, alamo, battle of little bighorn, battle of the little bighorn, custer's last stand, little bighorn
1. Flesh of slain animals or men. [1913 Webster]
"A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage." [1913 Webster]
2. Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc. [1913 Webster]
"The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit." [1913 Webster]
carnage, n. great slaughter, esp. of human beings in battle.
Etymology:
F f. It. carnaggio f. med.L carnaticum f. L caro carnis flesh
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