carnage[noun]Synonyms: slaughter, blood bath, bloodshed, butchery, havoc, holocaust, massacre, mass murder, murder, shambles
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
car‧nage /ˈkɑːnɪdʒ $ ˈkɑːr-/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: French;
Origin: Medieval Latin carnaticum 'meat, especially as given to a ruler', from Latin caro; ⇒ carnal]
when a lot of people are killed and injured, especially in a war:
a scene of terrible carnage [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲