carnage

About 0.85 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Death and destruction.

   There was carnage after the school play ended with 96 deaths.

2. noun The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre.
3. noun Any great loss by a team; a game in which one team wins overwhelmingly.

   The game against Sri Lanka and Australia was carnage with Australia winning by 287 runs.

4. noun A heavy drinking binge and its aftermath.
5. noun Any chaotic situation.

Similar words

slaughter butchery destruction killing mortality shambles bloodshed bloodbath slaying culling

Often followed by

of and in was that on at which to

Word family

carnages