carnage n : the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, butchery]

English

Noun

1. Death and destruction.
2. What remains after a massacre, e. g. the corpses or gore.

Synonyms

• bloodbath
• massacre

Translations

• Chinese: 大屠殺, 大屠杀
• Finnish: verilöyly
• German: Massaker
• Greek: ανθρωποσφαγή [anθro̞ˌpo̞sfaˈʝi] , μακελειό [mace̞ˈʎo̞] , εκατόμβη [e̞kaˈto̞ɱvi]
• Hebrew מרחץ דמים
• Italian: carneficina
• Japanese: 大虐殺, 修羅 (しゅら, shura)
• Korean: 대학살
• Old English: wæl
• Portuguese: massacre
• Scottish Gaelic: àr , marbhadh
• Spanish: carnicería

Carnage may refer to:

• Great and usually bloody slaughter or injury on the battlefield
• This may also refer to post battle foliage destruction in northern Ireland during the 18th century.

OR

In Fiction

• Carnage, a symbiotic Marvel comic book supervillain, spawn of Venom and notable adversary of Spider-Man
• Twitch of the Death Nerve, a Mario Bava horror film titled Carnage in the United States

In Music

• Carnage, a Swedish death metal band
• Carnage The Executioner, a TwinCities bases Minnesota Rapper

In Sports

• The Carnage Crew, a professional wrestling tag team

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