carnage

carneficina, massacro

L’uccisione violenta di molte persone o animali, spesso accompagnata da grandi distruzioni.

In inglese semplice: The violent killing of many people or animals, often with great destruction.

• The attack caused terrible carnage.
• Doctors struggled to help the victims of the carnage.
• The film shows the carnage of war.

Sinonimi: slaughter, massacre

Espressioni comuni: terrible carnage, cause carnage, scene of carnage

caos

Una situazione in cui tutto è confuso, affollato o fuori controllo.

In inglese semplice: A situation in which everything is confused, crowded, or out of control.

• The kitchen was absolute carnage.
• A broken traffic light caused carnage at the junction.
• There was carnage when the shop opened its sale.

Sinonimi: chaos, mayhem

Contrari: order

Espressioni comuni: absolute carnage, traffic carnage, cause carnage

resti della carneficina

I cadaveri e il sangue rimasti dopo l’uccisione violenta di molte persone o animali.

In inglese semplice: The dead bodies and blood left after many people or animals have been violently killed.

• Bodies lay amid the carnage.
• The soldiers looked away from the carnage on the ground.
• Workers spent days clearing the carnage from the battlefield.

Espressioni comuni: survey the carnage, clear the carnage, amid the carnage

sbronza, bevuta

Un periodo in cui si beve moltissimo alcol, con il disordine o il malessere che ne segue.

In inglese semplice: A period of very heavy drinking and the mess or sickness that follows.

• Friday night was pure carnage at the pub.
• He slept all day after the drunken carnage.
• Empty bottles were all that remained of the weekend carnage.

Sinonimi: binge, bender

Espressioni comuni: weekend carnage, drunken carnage, night of carnage