carnage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
    butchery; massacre; mass murder; slaughter.

WordNet

Car"nage noun
Etymology
F. carnage, LL. carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.
Definitions
  1. Flesh of slain animals or men.
    A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage. Macaulay.
  2. Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc.
    The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit. Macaulay.

Webster 1913