carnage
pronunciation
How to pronounce carnage in British English:
UK [ˈkɑːnɪdʒ]
How to pronounce carnage in American English:
US [ˈkɑːrnɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- the savage and excessive killing of many people
Word Origin
- carnage (n.)
- c. 1600, from Middle French carnage (16c.), from Old Italian carnaggio "slaughter, murder," from Medieval Latin carnaticum "flesh," from Latin carnaticum "slaughter of animals," from carnem (nominative caro) "flesh," originally "a piece of flesh," from PIE root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)). In English always used more of slaughters of men than beasts. Southey (1795) tried to make a verb of it.
Example
- 1. Segregation by religion is one lasting effect of the carnage .
- 2. After september 's record carnage , the number dropped to four .
- 3. Fueling this carnage lies the deep political animosity that has led to this war .
- 4. That left politicians free to project their own rationales on the carnage .
- 5. The aftershocks of that post-bubble carnage have now brought europe to the brink .