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Webster 1913 Edition
Carnage
Car′nage
,Noun.
[F.
carnage
, LL. carnaticum
tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro
, carnis
, flesh. See Carnal
.] 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 1828 Edition
Carnage
CARNAGE
,Noun.
1.
Literally, flesh, or heaps of flesh, as in shambles.2.
Slaughter; great destruction of men; havock; massacre.