bloodbath

noun

blood·​bath ˈbləd-ˌbath 

-ˌbäth

1

: a great slaughter

2

a

: a notably fierce, violent, or destructive contest or struggle

The campaign has become a bloodbath.

b

: a major economic disaster

a market bloodbath

Synonyms of bloodbath

• massacre
• slaughter

Examples of bloodbath in a Sentence

Thousands of people were murdered in the bloodbath.

one side was so much better armed that the battle quickly turned into a bloodbath

Recent Examples on the Web

Nor has the show disappeared in a corporate bloodbath, despite substantial ownership changes at its parent company. — Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Miguel Diego Sandoval, 21, has pleaded guilty to the November 2024 bloodbath inside a Lancaster home that left Janvi Maquindang, 21, Christine Aca-ac, 25, Edwin Garcia, 24, and Matthew Montebello, 21, dead. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

For many, that pales in comparison to the 60 Minutes bloodbath in June that saw correspondents Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega purged, joined by executive producer Tanya Simon and others. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

All available evidence suggests that the US military was behind the bloodbath. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 23 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bloodbath

• footpath
• towpath
• warpath
• aftermath
• multipath
• psychopath
• hath
• lath
• math
• path
• rath
• spath