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–noun

1.	the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre.

2.	Archaic. dead bodies, as of those slain in battle.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < MF < It carnaggio < ML carnāticum payment or offering in meat, equiv. to L carn- (s. of carō) flesh + -āticum -age

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n.

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

[French, from Old French, from Old Italian carnaggio, from Medieval Latin carnāticum, meat, from Latin carō, carn-, flesh; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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carnage

1600, from M.Fr. carnage, from O.It. carnaggio "slaughter, murder," from M.L. carnaticum "flesh," often "meat supplied by tenants in tribute to a feudal lord," from L. carnaticum "slaughter of animals," from caro (acc. carnem) "flesh."

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carnage
noun
the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: slaughter]

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carnage [ˈkaːnidʒ] noun

the slaughter of great numbers of people
Example: the carnage of war

Arabic:	مَذْبَحَه، مَجْزَرَه
Chinese (Simplified):	大屠杀
Chinese (Traditional):	大屠殺
Czech:	krveprolití, masakr
Danish:	blodbad; myrderi
Dutch:	slachting
Estonian:	tapatalgud
Finnish:	verilöyly
French:	carnage
German:	das Blutbad
Greek:	μακελειό, σφαγή
Hungarian:	mészárlás
Icelandic:	fjöldamorð, blóðbað
Indonesian:	pembantaian
Italian:	carneficina, strage

Japanese:	大虐殺
Korean:	대학살
Latvian:	masu slepkavība
Lithuanian:	žudynės
Norwegian:	blodbad; hauger av lik
Polish:	rzeź
Portuguese (Brazil):	carnificina
Portuguese (Portugal):	carnificina
Romanian:	măcel
Russian:	резня
Slovak:	masakra
Slovenian:	pokol
Spanish:	carnicería, matanza
Swedish:	blodbad, massmord
Turkish:	katliam