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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Afterward, there was no bloodbath.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The final bonfires were a bit of a bloodbath this season.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
Without the element of surprise, a US ground operation, even with vastly superior firepower, could quickly turn into a bloodbath.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
On Monday, Hall was already back in New York and ready to celebrate the news — which is all the more a victory after seeing a bloodbath this year in daytime (where things have gotten so rough that NBCUniversal pulled out of first-run syndication entirely).
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The final bonfires were a bit of a bloodbath this season.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
Without the element of surprise, a US ground operation, even with vastly superior firepower, could quickly turn into a bloodbath.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
On Monday, Hall was already back in New York and ready to celebrate the news — which is all the more a victory after seeing a bloodbath this year in daytime (where things have gotten so rough that NBCUniversal pulled out of first-run syndication entirely).
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodbath. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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