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View synonyms for bloodbath

bloodbath

or blood bath

[ bluhd-bath, -bahth ]

noun

, plural blood·baths [bluhd, -ba, th, z, -bah, th, z, -baths, -bahths].
  1. a ruthless slaughter of a great number of people; massacre.
  2. Informal. a period of disastrous loss or reversal:

    A few mutual funds performed well in the general bloodbath of the stock market.

  3. a widespread dismissal or purge, as of employees.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bloodbath1

First recorded in 1865–70; blood + bath 1
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Example Sentences

In the aftermath of a bloodbath, it is hard to have a nuanced discussion.

From Time

A year and a half ago it became the site of a bloodbath when energy-rich Azerbaijan sought a violent solution to the century-old conflict over who controls the region.

From Time

It might not seem worthwhile to turn these hearings into a partisan bloodbath — after all, Jackson’s nomination won’t shift the ideological balance of the court, which will retain a 6-3 conservative majority.

India’s travel and tourism industry may be heading for a bloodbath as Covid-19 cases continue to rise.

From Quartz

When Arab Spring-style protests take shape in the capital's main plaza, Jamal orders up a "bloodbath."

Attention Democrats: Unless you start getting angry, the midterm elections are going to be a bloodbath.

Teen crime actually dropped dramatically during the years some social scientists were predicting a “bloodbath of violence.”

He produced and stars as Michael Alig in Clubland, a stage musical adaptation of Disco Bloodbath.

Indeed, his exit would be made easier if Alawites felt more assured that a bloodbath did not await them.

Gustavus Vasa was a young fellow there, who dexterously escaped this Bloodbath, and afterwards came to something.

Shallow programming dominates as long as the bloodbath proceeds.

Jake rumbled, "There's going to be a bloodbath there before it's over."

But that it will be achieved through progressive taxation rather than through a bloodbath is not a foregone conclusion.

This first European bloodbath provoked all of Albania's neighbours into an uncontrolled binge of invasions.

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