carnage

Definition

Death and destruction.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French carnage, from a Norman or Picard variant Old Northern French) of Old French charnage, from char (“flesh”), or from Vulgar Latin *carnaticum (“slaughter of animals”), itself from Latin carnem, accusative of caro (“flesh”).

Example Sentences

• "There was carnage after the school play ended with 96 deaths."
• "Unleash the wolves / Carnage has no rules / Comparison, competition / We'll bury one and all, all"
• "Carnage consumes all we’ve ever loved / The innocent blistered by the flame / Trial by fire we burn in shame"