<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre.</li><li>fighting or other violence: brutal carnage on the football field.</li><li>great damage, utter defeat, or chaos: We are charting a way forward after the Election Day carnage.</li><li>Archaic: dead bodies, as of those slain in battle.</li></ul>