carnage
the savage and excessive killing of many people • Syn: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, butchery • Derivationally related forms: butcher (for: butchery), massacre (for: massacre), slaughterous (for: slaughter), slaughter (for: slaughter) • Hypernyms: murder, slaying, execution • Hyponyms: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue • Instance Hyponyms: Alamo, Little Bighorn, Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand
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