The Only Use of
carnage
in
The Giver
- The colors of the carnage were grotesquely bright: the crimson wetness on the rough and dusty fabric, the ripped shreds of grass, startlingly green, in the boy's yellow hair.
p. 119.2carnage = corpses and gore resulting from violent death (figuratively)
Definition:
the savage and excessive killing of many people
or:
corpses and gore resulting from violent death
or:
corpses and gore resulting from violent death