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How to pronounce carnage in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms butchery, mass murder, massacre, slaughter
Type of murder, slaying, execution
Has types bloodletting, bloodshed, battue, bloodbath

Examples of carnage

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Iraqi officials said 25 people died and dozens more were wounded in the carnage.
From the suntimes.com
The League Managers'Association is doing its best to try and reduce the carnage.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Ours, the sole witness to the carnage, stood untouched like a brooding sentinel.
From the telegraph.co.uk
You see races often where nobody looks at all and there's carnage on the inside.
From the guardian.co.uk
Such a figure could unleash even more carnage if he were at the top of a cartel.
From the time.com
Our spirits are wounded anew by the reports of loss of life, damage and carnage.
From the denverpost.com
Simply wet your car down, and use a dryer sheet to scrub away carnage with ease.
From the stltoday.com
There will undoubtedly be more carnage for the same reasons unless help arrives.
From the boston.com
Some officials readily admit to many mistakes in Darfur, and regret the carnage.
From the economist.com
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  • Slaughter: the savage and excessive killing of many people
  • Carnage is the debut full-length album by the Chicago-based thrash/sludge metal band Lair of the Minotaur. The album was released in CD form by Southern Lord Records, along with a red vinyl version with a gold and black screenprinted cover limited to 666 copies.
  • Carnage was a Swedish death metal band whose members later went on to found Dismember and Arch Enemy. The band was formed by Michael Amott and Johan Liiva in 1988. They released only one album before dissolving in 1991.
  • Carnage (Cletus Kasady) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the . The character first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #344 (March 1991), and was created by writer David Michelinie and artist Mark Bagley. In 2009, Carnage was ranked as IGN's 90th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
  • Carnage (Carnages) is a 2002 French drama film directed by Delphine Gleize. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
  • Ill Chemistry is a two-person spoken word/beatboxing/hip hop group based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The group consists of Carnage the Executioner and Desdamona.
  • Death and destruction; What remains after a massacre, e. g. the corpses or gore
  • A jovial term to describe what happens after you lean upstream in a broach.
  • The result of running a manky rapid and getting tweetered. Implies swimmers and a garage sale of gear floating down the river.