bloodbath

bloodbath

noun

Definition of BLOODBATH

the killing of a large number of people <one side was so much better armed that the battle quickly turned into a bloodbath>

Synonyms bloodbath, butchery, carnage, death, holocaust, slaughter

Related Words bloodletting, bloodshed, foul play, homicide, killing, manslaughter, murder, slaying; mortality; annihilation, decimation, demolishing, destruction, devastation, eradication, extermination; genocide, pogrom; assassination, execution