carnage
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nɪdʒ 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; < Middle French < Italian carnaggio < Medieval Latin carnāticum payment or offering in meat, equivalent to Latin carn- (stem of carō) flesh + -āticum -age
1590–1600; < Middle French < Italian carnaggio < Medieval Latin carnāticum payment or offering in meat, equivalent to Latin carn- (stem of carō) flesh + -āticum -age
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| —n | |
| extensive slaughter, esp of human beings in battle | |
| [C16: from French, from Italian carnaggio, from Medieval Latin carnāticum, from Latin carō flesh] | |
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Carnage
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
The statistics of carnage, however, are only a small part of terror's achievement.
As a result, only the foolish or the daring rush in to add to the carnage.
Better trained officers and prosecutors are a necessary step to reducing the carnage on our nation's highways.
The carnage came about when a few of the animals decided to go their own way.
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