charnel
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of charnel
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin carnāle, noun and adjective use of neuter of carnālis carnal
Example Sentences
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Out of this charnel house where an American flag hung at one end, technicians hoped to identify 388 sailors and Marines from the Oklahoma.
From Los Angeles Times
Technological "advances" had made it possible for governments to turn World War I into a merciless charnel house on a vast scale.
From Salon
Scaled up to a necropolis, it could make the right impression, a modernist Hooverville of death in the shadow of our great national charnel house of inaction.
From Washington Post
Above their heads: a charnel house of endangered trees.
From Scientific American
Television is a veritable charnel house containing the bones of characters who died unnecessary or stupid deaths.
From Salon
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