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carnage

Definitions of carnage
  1. noun
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
    synonyms: boucherie, massacre
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    types:
    hécatombe
    indiscriminate slaughter
    type of:
    homicide, meurtre
    unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
  2. noun
    indiscriminate slaughter
    synonyms: hécatombe
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    type of:
    boucherie, massacre
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
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