carnage

The definition of carnage refers to mass death, killing or slaughter.

(noun)

An example of carnage is when there are many dead bodies after a bomb has gone off.

See carnage in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

bloody and extensive slaughter, esp. in battle; massacre; bloodshed
Origin: Fr < Prov carnatge, flesh < carn < L caro
Obsolete dead bodies, esp. on a battlefield

Origin: Fr < OIt carnaggio, ult. < L caro: carnal

See carnage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Old Italian carnaggio

Origin: , from Medieval Latin carnāticum, meat

Origin: , from Latin carō, carn-, flesh; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots

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