Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Carnage \Car"nage\, n. [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.

Source : WordNet®

carnage
     n : the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: {slaughter},
          {massacre}, {mass murder}, {butchery}]