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# carnage

«carnage» in Mova's school dictionary: **the terrible killing of very many people or animals, as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (carnage)

### meaning for a pupil

Carnage is the terrible killing of very many people or animals, as in a battle or a great disaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnage/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

the horror of a battle or disaster in a story, when the ground is left covered with the dead

### examples

- The battle left the field covered in carnage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnage/#x1)
- After the storm there was carnage on the rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnage/#x2)
- The island was silent after the carnage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnage/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «carnage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carnage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.