carnage

The word “carnage” has 2 syllables: car-nage

It's pronounced as /ˈkɑr.nɪdʒ/


What is synonym and antonym for carnage?

In the thesaurus, “carnage” has 26 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for carnage along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for carnage

  • annihilation
  • assassination
  • bloodbath
  • bloodletting
  • bloodshed
  • butchery
  • death
  • decimation
  • demolishing
  • destruction
  • devastation
  • eradication
  • execution
  • extermination
  • foul play
  • genocide
  • holocaust
  • homicide
  • killing
  • manslaughter
  • massacre
  • mortality
  • murder
  • pogrom
  • slaughter
  • slaying

Meanings of carnage

  • noun
    1. Death and destruction.
    2. The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre.
    3. Any chaotic situation.

Example Sentences

  • The battlefield was left in complete carnage after the attack.
  • News reports showed the carnage caused by the massive explosion.
  • Emergency responders rushed to the scene of the carnage.
  • The horror movie was filled with scenes of blood and carnage.
  • Witnesses described the accident site as a scene of utter carnage.

On this page you'll find 26 synonyms or another words to carnage, such as: annihilation, assassination, bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, butchery, death.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

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sacking

  • abasement
  • abolishing
  • abolition
  • annihilation
  • assassinating
  • axing
  • bag
  • bane
  • bouncing
  • breaking in
  • bump
  • burglarizing
  • burglary
  • canning
  • carnage
  • cashiering
  • cloth
  • combing
  • crashing
  • crime
  • crushing
  • debasement
  • defacing
  • demotion
  • depredation
  • desecration
  • desolation
  • despoiling
  • despoilment
  • despoliation
  • devastation
  • discharging
  • disintegrating
  • dismissal
  • dismissing
  • disrating
  • disrupting
  • dissolving
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downsizing
  • elimination
  • end
  • eradication
  • excessing
  • extermination
  • extinction
  • extinguishing
  • extinguishment
  • extirpation
  • firing
  • furloughing
  • grafitti
  • gunny
  • harrying
  • havoc
  • humiliation
  • hunting
  • invalidating
  • invalidation
  • kicking out
  • laying off
  • laying waste
  • layoff
  • liquidation
  • looting
  • loss
  • marauding
  • massacre
  • mischief
  • murder
  • mustering out
  • obliteration
  • overthrow
  • pillage
  • pillaging
  • pink-slipping
  • piracy
  • pirating
  • plunder
  • plundering
  • privateering
  • raiding
  • raking
  • ransacking
  • rapine
  • ravaging
  • ravishing
  • reduction
  • releasing
  • removing
  • retiring
  • rifling
  • ripping off
  • robbery
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • rummaging
  • sending packing
  • separating
  • shattering
  • slaughter
  • slaying
  • smashing
  • spoliation
  • stealing
  • subjugation
  • subversion
  • subverting
  • terminating
  • theft
  • throwing out
  • trashing
  • trimming
  • turning off
  • undoing
  • unseating
  • wasting
  • wrack
  • wrapping
  • wreck
  • wreckage
  • wrecking

abolishing

obliteration

  • abolishing
  • abolition
  • annihilation
  • assassinating
  • assassination
  • bane
  • blotting out
  • breakup
  • canceling
  • cancellation
  • carnage
  • collapse
  • crashing
  • crossing out
  • crushing
  • decimation
  • deleting
  • deletion
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depredation
  • desolation
  • despoilment
  • despoliation
  • destruction
  • devastation
  • disintegrating
  • disintegration
  • dismantlement
  • disrupting
  • dissolution
  • dissolving
  • downfall
  • effacement
  • effacing
  • elimination
  • end
  • eradication
  • execution
  • expunction
  • expunging
  • extermination
  • extinction
  • extinguishing
  • extinguishment
  • extirpation
  • havoc
  • invalidating
  • invalidation
  • killing
  • liquidation
  • loss
  • massacre
  • mincemeat
  • murder
  • overthrow
  • ravaging
  • rubbing out
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • sacking
  • scratching out
  • shattering
  • slaughter
  • slaying
  • subjugation
  • subversion
  • subverting
  • undoing
  • wastage
  • wiping out
  • wreckage
  • wrecking

taking out

  • abstracting
  • abstraction
  • accompanying
  • acting out
  • airing
  • annihilating
  • annihilation
  • assassinating
  • assassination
  • blitz
  • blood
  • blood and guts
  • blood bath
  • bloodshed
  • blotting out
  • blowing away
  • budging
  • bump-off
  • bumping off
  • butchering
  • butchery
  • carnage
  • carrying off
  • claiming
  • clearing
  • courting
  • crime
  • croaking
  • cutting
  • cutting down
  • dating
  • death
  • demounting
  • derivation
  • destroying
  • destruction
  • dislocating
  • dislodging
  • dispatching
  • displacing
  • disturbing
  • doing away with
  • doing in
  • drawing
  • drawing off
  • drawing out
  • elicitation
  • eliminating
  • eradicating
  • eradication
  • escorting
  • evocation
  • evulsion
  • executing
  • expressing
  • expression
  • exterminating
  • extermination
  • extirpation
  • extracting
  • extrication
  • felling
  • felony
  • foul play
  • getting
  • gore
  • havoc
  • hecatomb
  • hit
  • holocaust
  • homicide
  • icing
  • killing
  • knifing
  • knocking off
  • liquidating
  • liquidation
  • loosing
  • lynching
  • manslaughter
  • mass murder
  • massacre
  • massacring
  • moving
  • murder
  • murdering
  • neutralizing
  • off
  • offing
  • one-way ticket
  • pulling
  • putting away
  • rapine
  • releasing
  • removing
  • rubbing out
  • rubout
  • search and destroy
  • seeing
  • separation
  • shambles
  • shifting
  • shooting
  • shooting down
  • slaughter
  • slaughtering
  • slaying
  • smiting
  • snuffing
  • stating
  • terminating
  • terrorism
  • the business
  • the works
  • transferring
  • transposing
  • unleashing
  • uprooting
  • ventilating
  • venting
  • voicing
  • warfare
  • wasting
  • whacking
  • wiping out
  • withdrawal
  • withdrawing
  • wooing
  • wrenching
  • wresting
  • zapping

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