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The American Civil War produced carnage that has often been thought reserved for the combination of technological proficiency and inhumanity characteristic of a later time.
Drew Gilpin Faust

Meaning of "carnage" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CARNAGE

From French, from Italian carnaggio, from Medieval Latin carnāticum, from Latin carō flesh.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CARNAGE

carnage  [ˈkɑːnɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARNAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Carnage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CARNAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of carnage in the English dictionary

The definition of carnage in the dictionary is extensive slaughter, esp of human beings in battle.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CARNAGE


careenage
kəˈriːnɪdʒ
coinage
ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ
cornage
ˈkɔːnɪdʒ
cranage
ˈkreɪnɪdʒ
dragoonage
drəˈɡuːnɪdʒ
drainage
ˈdreɪnɪdʒ
Greenwich
ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ
manage
ˈmænɪdʒ
orphanage
ˈɔːfənɪdʒ
parsonage
ˈpɑːsənɪdʒ
patronage
ˈpætrənɪdʒ
pawnage
ˈpɔːnɪdʒ
personage
ˈpɜːsənɪdʒ
signage
ˈsaɪnɪdʒ
spinach
ˈspɪnɪdʒ
sternage
ˈstɜːnɪdʒ
Stevenage
ˈstiːvənɪdʒ
tannage
ˈtænɪdʒ
tonnage
ˈtʌnɪdʒ
voisinage
ˈvɔɪsɪnɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARNAGE

carn
Carnac
carnal
carnal knowledge
carnalise
carnalism
carnalist
carnality
carnallite
carnally
Carnap
carnaptious
carnaroli
Carnarvon
carnassial
Carnatic
carnation
carnationed
carnauba
carnauba wax

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARNAGE

alienage
amenage
apanage
badinage
beguinage
commonage
concubinage
cousinage
dunnage
empennage
engrenage
espionage
free coinage
industrial espionage
libertinage
linage
mismanage
peonage
siphonage
teenage

Synonyms and antonyms of carnage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CARNAGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «carnage» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of carnage

Translation of «carnage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARNAGE

Find out the translation of carnage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of carnage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carnage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大屠杀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carnicería
570 millions of speakers

English

carnage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नरसंहार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المذبحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бойня
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carnificina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হত্যাকাণ্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carnage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembunuhan beramai-ramai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blutbad
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大虐殺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대학살
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Carnage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự chém giết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

படுகொலைக்கான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कत्तल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

katliam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carneficina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Masakra
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бійня
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Carnage
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μακελειό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slagting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blodbad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blodbad
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of carnage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARNAGE»

The term «carnage» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.517 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARNAGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «carnage» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «carnage» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about carnage

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10 QUOTES WITH «CARNAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word carnage.
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George Ayittey
Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.
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Anthony Browne
The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when you looked closely, there were little jokes and speech bubbles and odd things going on in the background.
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Drew Gilpin Faust
The American Civil War produced carnage that has often been thought reserved for the combination of technological proficiency and inhumanity characteristic of a later time.
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Drew Gilpin Faust
In the middle of the nineteenth century, the United States embarked on a new relationship with death, entering into a civil war that proved bloodier than any other conflict in American history, a war that would presage the slaughter of World War I's Western Front and the global carnage of the twentieth century.
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Yahya Jammeh
May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
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Marcy Kaptur
As I watch what is happening in the Middle East and the carnage that comes over our television screens every evening, I cannot help but ask myself, what is wrong with humankind that we cannot stop the killing?
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Frank B. Kellogg
Have we so soon forgotten those four years of terrible carnage, the greatest war of all time; forgotten the millions of men who gave their lives, who made the supreme sacrifice and who today, beneath the soil of France and Belgium, sleep the eternal sleep?
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Liam Neeson
It's an extraordinary thing, this tiny little province of Northern Ireland, where carnage happened. And I was part of it. I grew up in it.
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Oliver North
We've got a very difficult situation created by this embrace of the so-called Arab Spring. And that's not getting better. It's getting worse. The carnage for the people of Syria is horrific, and it's quite frankly too little, too late to reverse a lot of that.
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Dennis Prager
There was a time when liberalism was identified with anti-Communism. But the Vietnam War led liberals into the arms of the Left, which had been morally confused about Communism since its inception and had become essentially pacifist following the carnage of World War I.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARNAGE»

Discover the use of carnage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carnage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western ...
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Victor Hanson, 2007
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The God of Carnage: A Play
Two sets of parents meet to discuss a fight between two of their children in the playground, only to have the discussion deteriorate as they indulge in blame and rancor of their own, revealing conflicts within each of their marriages.
Yasmina Reza, 2008
3
Carnage
When her friends are murdered by a vicious stalker who videotapes their last moments, Seattle animal rights activist Lauren Bowman is forced to confront her own fears and her troubled past. Original.
Andrew Billings, 1999
4
The Gujarat Carnage
This book is a compilation of articles, editorial, investigative reports, surveys, memoranda and other significant material on the Gujarat carnage.
Asgharali Engineer, 2003
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Spider-Man: Carnage in New York
Encountering the most dangerous villain of his superhero career, Spider-man learns that his enemy has altered his body chemistry in order to perform random acts of violence
David Michelinie, 1998
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Carnage of Eagles
Falcon was called to Sorrento by a crusading newspaper reporter trying to expose a conspiracy of greed and corruption--with innocent men dying at the end of a court-ordered rope.
William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone, 2012
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Chili Con Carnage
FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!
Kylie Logan, 2013
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Caligula: Divine Carnage: Atrocities of the Roman Emperors
Caligula: Divine Carnage is a shocking catalogue of incest, transvestism, torture, slaughter and perversity brought to life by Barber and Reed's superb authorial skill, making it an essential and eloquent document of murderous decadence.
Stephen Barber, Jeremy Reed, 2006
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A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa ...
Covers the events that occurred at Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, on December 8, 2004, when fan Nathan Gale shot and killed Damageplan band member Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott and three bystanders, and includes biographies of the ...
Chris Armold, 2007
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Common carnage
Taking a different tack than John Keats in 'Ode to a Nightingale, ' Stephen Dobyns joins sixty-nine poems in Common Carnage, his ninth book of poetry, in order to address the conundrum 'How hard to love the world; we must love the world.
Stephen Dobyns, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARNAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carnage is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fabian Cancellara fittingly exits in yellow after carnage of Tour de …
You can see Rui Costa twisting in pain, trapped under a mass of twisted metal and still‑whirring wheels. You can see Johan Vansummeren ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Safoora carnage facilitator's picture released
KARACHI: (Dunya News) – The picture of the woman who had facilitated the Safoora carnage has on Tuesday been released. Police told that ... «DunyaNews Pakistan, Jul 15»
3
Carnage in Nigeria's Jos ups pressure on Buhari
The carnage in Jos followed a suicide attack on a church in the northeastern city of Potiskum on Sunday, which left five people dead, including ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
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From Carnage to Kingpin: Which Villain Will Terrorise Spider-Man …
Carnage shared a cell with Eddie, and encountered the space goo (Didn't know the actual name) that turned Venom into Venom. This spawned ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
5
Chaos and Carnage After 7/7 London Bombings: the Inside Story
The terror attacks that hit London on July 7, 2005 caused widespread chaos and tested the emergency services to the limit. Sputnik's Jim ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
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Video: Renshaw avoids French carnage
DRAMA: The third stage of the Tour de France was marred by a high speed crash, but Bathurst's Mark Renshaw managed to avoid the carnage ... «Western Advocate, Jul 15»
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Photo Flash: First Look at Our Productions' GOD OF CARNAGE in …
God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service and ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
8
3D Systems: When Will The Carnage End?
The carnage in the stock should end soon as 3D Systems leverages higher R&D spending while any purchase delays related to HP will likely ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
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Books blog: Preaching non-violence amid the carnage
How should a Christian respond to this appalling and seemingly relentless carnage, historical and current? It so happens that I get sent The ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jul 15»
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Inside the Carnage: Orica-GreenEdge Mechanic GoPro's Today's …
The Tour de France's third stage was marred by a very nasty, high speed crash which took a handful of racers out of the event, and marred the ... «Podium Cafe, Jul 15»

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