Carnage
Carnage noun - The killing of a large number of people.
Usage example: the appalling carnage in that war-torn country requires that the outside world intervene
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| mass | mass carnage | mass execution |
| brutal | brutal carnage | brutal execution |
| actual | actual carnage | actual execution |
| real | real carnage | real execution |
| Other adjectives: terrible, horrible, gruesome, inevitable, random, subsequent, aforementioned, horrific. | ||
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In Total Carnage, the goal is to capture the Big Bad for an execution by electric chair.
Source: Made of Explodium -
Cromwell afterwards says "Well, there aren't many men alive who can say they took me by surprise." Bloodless Carnage: The last shot of Thomas More is him kneeling with his head resting on the block; his actual execution is never seen.
Source: Series / Wolf Hall
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Execution and Carnage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/carnage/execution
Carnage & Execution. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/carnage/execution>.
Execution or Carnage. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/carnage/execution.
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