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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There is one hint of the bloodbath to come, as the film opens in Osaka, where a yakuza boss insists that three of his men chop off a digit of their hands in order to prove their loyalty.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
What’s most impressive is how On the Road turns a boilerplate genre scenario — and one that doesn’t skimp on a bloodbath at the end — into a movie that grows increasingly emotional as things get exponentially worse for its main characters.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Not like a bloodbath or anything.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The series, based on the book by Andrea Mara, also stars Dakota Fanning, Jake Lacy, Sophia Lillis and Michal Peña.
Death by Lightning (Netflix)
Nov. 6
After wrapping up the political bloodbaths of Westeros years ago, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are turning to more recent, and real, history.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
What’s most impressive is how On the Road turns a boilerplate genre scenario — and one that doesn’t skimp on a bloodbath at the end — into a movie that grows increasingly emotional as things get exponentially worse for its main characters.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Not like a bloodbath or anything.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The series, based on the book by Andrea Mara, also stars Dakota Fanning, Jake Lacy, Sophia Lillis and Michal Peña.
Death by Lightning (Netflix)
Nov. 6
After wrapping up the political bloodbaths of Westeros years ago, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are turning to more recent, and real, history.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
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 12 Sep. 2025.
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