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noun
A wedding ceremony in the Soviet Union in which the couple pledged loyalty to the state or communism in addition to reciting marriage vows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: communism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
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noun
A situation involving carnage, bloodshed, or chaos; a massacre; a mass culling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, often
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History
The first sense derives from red as an adjective meaning associated with or supportive of communism. The second sense derives from the Red Wedding scene in A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin.
