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
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
When normal people who, for example, were alarmed by the first bloodbath comment figure out what Trump was actually saying, their faith in the media diminishes.
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Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
Recovery in the crypto market After yesterday’s bloodbath, the crypto market was in a better position today, as Bitcoin jumped 1.3% to $66,000.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
Thousands more are facing extreme suffering imposed by human traffickers, drug cartels, but on the American side of the border, this bloodbath is reaching every single corner of our country.
—Fox News, 3 Apr. 2024
What prompted the bookstore bloodbath of the past decade?
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
What Moscow still euphemistically calls a Special Military Operation has been a bloodbath of catastrophic proportions, unseen in Europe for generations.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
Image in the Age of A.I. Phoebe Philo’s return to fashion inspired a digital bloodbath, with many pieces from the first drop selling out in minutes.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2023
The segment immediately following that bloodbath is itself bloodless, but only because a French neutron bomb turns all of Springfield into an empty, echoing graveyard of dusty corpses, with Homer (caught testing out a bomb shelter) seemingly the last man on Earth.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2023
As his coven of vampires eagerly takes over the mansion, feasting on the humans inside, Claudia gleefully takes part in the bloodbath.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2023
Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
Recovery in the crypto market After yesterday’s bloodbath, the crypto market was in a better position today, as Bitcoin jumped 1.3% to $66,000.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
Thousands more are facing extreme suffering imposed by human traffickers, drug cartels, but on the American side of the border, this bloodbath is reaching every single corner of our country.
—Fox News, 3 Apr. 2024
What prompted the bookstore bloodbath of the past decade?
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
What Moscow still euphemistically calls a Special Military Operation has been a bloodbath of catastrophic proportions, unseen in Europe for generations.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
Image in the Age of A.I. Phoebe Philo’s return to fashion inspired a digital bloodbath, with many pieces from the first drop selling out in minutes.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2023
The segment immediately following that bloodbath is itself bloodless, but only because a French neutron bomb turns all of Springfield into an empty, echoing graveyard of dusty corpses, with Homer (caught testing out a bomb shelter) seemingly the last man on Earth.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2023
As his coven of vampires eagerly takes over the mansion, feasting on the humans inside, Claudia gleefully takes part in the bloodbath.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodbath. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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