English-Thai Dictionary

carnage

N การ ฆ่า อย่าง โหดร้าย  massacre bloodshed wholesale killing kan-ka-yang-hod-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CARNAGE

n. 1. Literally, flesh, or heaps of flesh, as in shambles.
2. Slaughter; great destruction of men; havock; massacre.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CARNAGE

Car "nage, n. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

carnage

car nage |ˈkärnij ˈkɑrnɪʤ | ▶noun the killing of a large number of people. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, from Italian carnaggio, from medieval Latin carnaticum, from Latin caro, carn- ‘flesh. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

carnage

carnage |ˈkɑːnɪdʒ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the killing of a large number of people. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, from Italian carnaggio, from medieval Latin carnaticum, from Latin caro, carn- ‘flesh ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

carnage

carnage noun an unforgettable scene of carnage: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, butchery, bloodbath, bloodletting, gore; holocaust, pogrom, ethnic cleansing.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

carnage

carnage noun the carnage and suffering of the trenches: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, mass destruction, butchery, bloodbath, indiscriminate bloodshed, bloodletting, annihilation, destruction, decimation, havoc; holocaust, pogrom, ethnic cleansing; informal shambles.

 

French Dictionary

carnage

carnage n. m. nom masculin Massacre d ’hommes ou d ’animaux. SYNONYME boucherie . Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec les noms suivants: • hécatombe, grande masse de personnes tuées, surtout au figuré; • massacre, meurtre d ’un grand nombre d ’êtres vivants; • tuerie, action de tuer sauvagement.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

carnage

car nage /kɑ́ː r nɪdʒ /名詞 U 1 (主に戦場での )大虐殺 , 大量殺戮 （りく ）.2 ｟古 ｠(虐殺された人々の )死体 .