carnage vs witch-hunt

carnage

noun
  • The corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre. 

  • Any great loss by a team; a game in which one team wins overwhelmingly. 

  • Death and destruction. 

  • Any chaotic situation. 

witch-hunt

verb
  • To perform a witch-hunt. 

noun
  • A public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group. 

  • An attempt to find and punish or harass a group of people perceived as a threat, usually on ideological or political grounds. 

  • A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them. 

How often have the words carnage and witch-hunt occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )