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Antonyms for carnage

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kahr-nij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr nɪdʒ


Definition of carnage

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun massacre
Example sentences :
  • The raven, wolf, and eagle are the regular epic accompaniments of battle and carnage.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
  • There was a tribute of carnage, nor were they long engaged in the tumult of battle.
  • Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
  • There was battle there, and death and carnage and utter destruction.
  • Extract from : « Invasion » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • The carnage had been terrible, and the fields were strewn with the dead and dying.
  • Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
  • There is in man a similar temper, which is roused and stimulated by carnage.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • At the Amarante gate, where the French defiled, the carnage was also great.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
  • There is cruelty in his fun and he can invent puns in the midst of carnage.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • He rather fancied battle-fields and carnage, but there were no wars.
  • Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
  • At last we left this place of carnage to the cursed god of war.
  • Extract from : « Beasts, Men and Gods » by Ferdinand Ossendowski
  • Lem finally got to believin' that he was a survivor of that carnage.
  • Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney

Synonyms for carnage

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