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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
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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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—Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Recommended Trump moves from ‘American carnage’ to ‘a horrible betrayal’ in second inaugural
Juries also convicted some on charges of seditious conspiracy, which refers to activities that undermine a state without directly attacking it.
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Such was the case with the atomic bomb, which made for grisly prophecies not only of the sudden carnage of a fiery blast but also of the prolonged suffering of a nuclear winter.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Recommended Trump moves from ‘American carnage’ to ‘a horrible betrayal’ in second inaugural
Juries also convicted some on charges of seditious conspiracy, which refers to activities that undermine a state without directly attacking it.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2025
Such was the case with the atomic bomb, which made for grisly prophecies not only of the sudden carnage of a fiery blast but also of the prolonged suffering of a nuclear winter.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Such carnage was understandably unpleasant for some viewers — even ones who sympathize with the series’ eat-the-rich attitude — and Season 2 continues to choose violence.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Carnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carnage. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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