Definition of "carnage" []

• Massive slaughter, as in war; a massacre. (noun)
• Corpses, especially of those killed in battle. (noun)

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• "The magnitude of the carnage is almost inconceivable."
• "If there are still people who don†™ t know what all the carnage is about, follow the money."
• "Three weeks into a new television season, the usual carnage is becoming apparent, with new shows collapsing and crises appearing all over network prime-time schedules."