Synonyms for carnage
ˈkɑr nɪdʒcar·nage

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1. carnagenoun

   Synonyms:
   bloodbath, massacre

2. carnagenoun

   Death and destruction.

   Synonyms:
   massacre, bloodbath

3. carnagenoun

   What remains after a massacre, e. g. the corpses or gore.

   Synonyms:
   bloodbath, massacre

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1. carnage

   A massacre is the indiscriminate killing in numbers of the unresisting or defenseless; butchery is the killing of men rudely and ruthlessly as cattle are killed in the shambles. Havoc may not be so complete as massacre, nor so coldly brutal as butchery, but is more widely spread and furious; it is destruction let loose, and may be applied to organizations, interests, etc., as well as to human life; "as for Saul, he made havoc of the church," Acts viii, 3. Carnage (Latin caro, carnis, flesh) refers to widely scattered or heaped up corpses of the slain; slaughter is similar in meaning, but refers more to the process, as carnage does to the result; these two words only of the group may be used of great destruction of life in open and honorable battle, as when we say the enemy was repulsed with great slaughter, or the carnage was terrible.

   Synonyms:
   butchery, havoc, massacre, slaughter

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1. carnage

   Synonyms:
   massacre, slaughter, bloodshed, butchery

   Antonyms:
   ransom, deliverance, quarter

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.4 / 5 votes

1. slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butcherynoun

   the savage and excessive killing of many people

   Synonyms:
   trouncing, thrashing, abattoir, debacle, walloping, mass murder, drubbing, butchery, whipping, butchering, slaughterhouse, shambles, massacre, slaughter

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1. carnagenoun

   Synonyms:
   slaughter, butchery, massacre, murder, bloodshed, havoc

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1. List of paraphrases for "carnage":

   massacre, butchery, bloodbath, slaughter, bloodshed, mayhem, killing, rampage, shambles

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1. Michael Pfleger:

   I deal with the carnage. I deal with the caskets. I deal with grieving families. I ’m dealing with the young people being shot and killed. So, I ’m not just trying anything, I ’ll try everything.

2. Joe Biden:

   I do not accept a world where we can not stand up and say' no more' to the voices that offer empty words in the aftermath of tragedy, then oppose change and fuel this cycle of carnage, together, we can defeat the NRA and end this epidemic.

3. Barack Obama:

   The United States is prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the conflict, but we must recognize that there cannot be, after so much bloodshed, so much carnage, a return to the prewar status quo.

4. France Adel Kermiche:

   You get a knife, go to a church, spread carnage, boom. You cut off two or three heads and you're done.

5. Vladimir Putin:

   The Ukrainian people are fighting for The Ukrainian people lives and fighting for the survival of The Ukrainian people young democracy. Congress has a moral obligation to stand behind The Ukrainian people as The Ukrainian people resist the evils of Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Putin campaign of carnage.