Carnage

//ˈkɑɹ.nɪd͡ʒ//

Synonyms for "carnage" (55 found)

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Related words (27)

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Translations

58 translations across 27 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • клане noun (death and destruction)
  • сеч noun (death and destruction)

Catalan

1 entries
  • carnatge noun (death and destruction)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 大屠杀 noun (death and destruction)
  • 大屠殺 /大屠杀 noun (death and destruction)
  • 屠杀 noun (death and destruction)
  • 屠殺 /屠杀 noun (death and destruction)

Czech

4 entries
  • jatka noun (death and destruction)
  • krveprolití noun (death and destruction)
  • masakr noun (death and destruction)
  • řež noun (death and destruction)

Dutch

1 entries
  • bloedbad noun (death and destruction)

Finnish

1 entries
  • verilöyly noun (death and destruction)

French

1 entries
  • carnage noun (death and destruction)

German

2 entries
  • Abschlachtung noun (death and destruction)
  • Gemetzel noun (death and destruction)

Greek

3 entries
  • ανθρωποσφαγή noun (death and destruction)
  • εκατόμβη noun (death and destruction)
  • μακελειό noun (death and destruction)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מרחץ דמים noun (death and destruction)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • vérontás noun (death and destruction)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • eyðing noun (death and destruction)

Irish

1 entries
  • eirleach noun (death and destruction)

Italian

2 entries
  • carnaio noun (death and destruction)
  • carneficina noun (death and destruction)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 修羅 noun (death and destruction)
  • 大虐殺 noun (death and destruction)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қырғын noun (death and destruction)

Korean

1 entries
  • 대학살 noun (death and destruction)

Latin

1 entries
  • strāgēs noun (death and destruction)

Māori

2 entries
  • tārukenga noun (death and destruction)
  • tārukenga noun (what remains after a massacre)

Old English

1 entries
  • wæl noun (death and destruction)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قان noun (death and destruction)

Polish

2 entries
  • jatka noun (death and destruction)
  • rzeź noun (death and destruction)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • carnagem noun (death and destruction)
  • massacre noun (death and destruction)

Russian

3 entries
  • бо́йня noun (death and destruction)
  • побо́ище noun (death and destruction)
  • резня́ noun (death and destruction)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • marbhadh noun (death and destruction)
  • àr noun (death and destruction)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • masakr noun (death and destruction)
  • pokolj noun (death and destruction)

Spanish

4 entries
  • carnaje (desus.) noun (death and destruction)
  • carnicería noun (death and destruction)
  • carnicería noun (what remains after a massacre)
  • degollina noun (death and destruction)

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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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