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English noun: carnage

1. carnage (act) the savage and excessive killing of many people


Synonymsbutchery, mass murder, massacre, slaughter


Broader (hypernym)execution, murder, slaying


Narrower (hyponym)battue, bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed


Instance hyponymAlamo, Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand, Little Bighorn









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