🇬🇧 Carnage meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

“Carnage” means a huge mess and tons of damage all over the place, like when something big and crazy happens and many things end up broken, squished, or knocked down.

When Dad tried to assemble the bookshelf without instructions, the living room was left in a tragic carnage of screws, wood, and his dignity.

After I tried to bake cookies by myself, the kitchen carnage looked like flour had declared war on every surface.

The carnage at the art table included paint on the paper, the chairs, the floor, my elbow, and somehow the dog.

When Grandpa tried virtual reality boxing, the living room suffered total carnage: one lamp down, two cushions defeated.

The word “carnage” was used to describe terrible battlefields, but today in our house it mostly describes what happens to the living room after a playdate.

After the storm, Sara walked down the street. She gasped: carnage everywhere — shattered glass, uprooted trees, bikes crushed. The town square was carnage; the bakery's windows were carnage; the little playground was carnage. Her hands shook as she picked up a torn teddy. She cried, then started helping, refusing to let the carnage stay.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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