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: the flesh of slain animals or humans
a multitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage—
T. B. Macaulay
T. B. Macaulay2
: great and usually bloody slaughter or injury (as in battle)
the carnage of war
Examples of carnage in a Sentence
Reporters described the highway accident as a scene of carnage.
the appalling carnage in that war-torn country requires that the outside world intervene
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Watching the ramps drop down over the walls, the barrels roll out onto the battlefield, and the fiery carnage brought on by their explosions?
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2025
TikTok is peppered with videos of carnage at the movie theaters: huge bags of popcorn exploding across aisles, oceans of bodies roiling up and down, rolls of toilet paper flying from seats C2 to K14, boys being escorted by police out of screening rooms.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
But the vampires’ descent on the juke joint ups the suspense and becomes genuinely scary, at first with the unsettling charm of their ancient leader, Remmick (Jack O’Connell, chilling), and eventually the brutal carnage of their siege.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Regular folks watch the show as Ben crashes through their windows and always has a camera in his face, which leads to some middle fingers in the middle of all the carnage.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2025
TikTok is peppered with videos of carnage at the movie theaters: huge bags of popcorn exploding across aisles, oceans of bodies roiling up and down, rolls of toilet paper flying from seats C2 to K14, boys being escorted by police out of screening rooms.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
But the vampires’ descent on the juke joint ups the suspense and becomes genuinely scary, at first with the unsettling charm of their ancient leader, Remmick (Jack O’Connell, chilling), and eventually the brutal carnage of their siege.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
Regular folks watch the show as Ben crashes through their windows and always has a camera in his face, which leads to some middle fingers in the middle of all the carnage.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for carnage
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carnage. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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