Carnage

/ˈkɑɹ.nɪd͡ʒ/

Synonyms for "carnage" (60 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Noun(5 words)

massacre bloodbath slaughter bloodbaths butchery

bloodbath bloodshedblue bloodblue ruinbreakup butchery consumption

Strong matches (18)

Noun(2 words)

damage devastation

damnation decimation depredation desolation despoilment despoliation destruction devastation disintegration disorganization disruption dissolutionfinal solutiongenocide gore havoc

Related words (30)

Noun(5 words)

havocmass murdermassacres ruin slaughtering

hecatomb holocaust killingmass destructionmass murdermassacre murder perdition pogromrace exterminationrace-murder ravage ruin ruinationsaturnalia of bloodshambles slaughter spoliation undoing vandalism

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wastewholesale murderwrackwrack and ruinwreck

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More general

6 entries

destruction disruption execution murder slaying violence

More specific

6 entries

bloodbathecological carnageeconomic carnagegenocideinfrastructural carnagemassacre

Collocations

6 entries

battlefield carnagehorrific carnagemassive carnagepostwar carnageurban carnagewidespread carnage

Inflections

1 entries

carnages

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There was carnage.

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We also express our profound gratitude to all the police and first responders who rushed into harm’s way. Their courage and professionalism saved lives, and kept the carnage from being even worse.

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Police encountered a scene of unspeakable carnage.

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It was a scene of carnage.

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