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
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
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Your Night Manager and Something Very Bad characters both made big decisions that led to bloodbaths.
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
On Friday, tech stocks led a market bloodbath after the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report showed employers added a net 172,000 jobs last month, nearly double Wall Street forecasts.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 June 2026
Most of her top competition had already cleared out of the ongoing French Open, which has become a bloodbath of upsets.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 4 June 2026
After Lestat finagles his way into becoming the King Raj of Mardi Gras in 1940, the vampire trio throws an extravagant bash that ends in a bloodbath.
—Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
On Friday, tech stocks led a market bloodbath after the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report showed employers added a net 172,000 jobs last month, nearly double Wall Street forecasts.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 June 2026
Most of her top competition had already cleared out of the ongoing French Open, which has become a bloodbath of upsets.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 4 June 2026
After Lestat finagles his way into becoming the King Raj of Mardi Gras in 1940, the vampire trio throws an extravagant bash that ends in a bloodbath.
—Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for bloodbath
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodbath. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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