carnage

noun/ˈkɑrnɪdʒ/

Frequency rank: #9,527 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

the killing of a large number of people; great slaughter.

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Example sentence

The battlefield was covered in carnage after the long and brutal fight.

Synonyms & related words

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