as in massacre
the killing of a large number of people
one side was so much better armed that the battle quickly turned into a bloodbath
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Recent Examples of bloodbath
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Obama and Steve Bannon agree: AI could cause white-collar job loss bloodbath.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 June 2025
No suspects have been identified or arrested in the bloodbath, which erupted around 8:40 p.m. at a park in the city, cops said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
Directed by Ben Mole, the film follows an infamous former spy catcher who must work with his estranged daughter to avert a homeland security bloodbath and survive a terrifying home invasion.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Who's in The Last of Us season 3 cast?
Season 2 of The Last of Us was a bloodbath, with Ellie slaughtering several characters before seeing Jesse shot dead in the finale.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 4 June 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 June 2025
No suspects have been identified or arrested in the bloodbath, which erupted around 8:40 p.m. at a park in the city, cops said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
Directed by Ben Mole, the film follows an infamous former spy catcher who must work with his estranged daughter to avert a homeland security bloodbath and survive a terrifying home invasion.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Who's in The Last of Us season 3 cast?
Season 2 of The Last of Us was a bloodbath, with Ellie slaughtering several characters before seeing Jesse shot dead in the finale.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodbath
Noun
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The massacre of the people of Gaza continues unabated.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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As early as the 1970s, Jordan’s crushing of Palestinian guerrillas prompted the emergence of the Black September organization and the Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.—
HUSSEIN AGHA,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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They were all robbed, of very little money, and in three instances, their homes were set ablaze to hide evidence of the slaughter that had taken place inside, authorities said.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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Sequences of compliant sheep, moving to their mechanized slaughter, sometimes cut to scenes of streetwise children, repurposing rubble for games.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodbath. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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