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

• massacre
• slaughter

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

Versace’s bloodbath is almost as bad at 21.2%, with Burberry having slightly less to mop up at 17%. —Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025

Islam’s father, Abdur Rob, suffered a minor heart attack after rushing to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell and being told that his son had not survived the 6:30 p.m. bloodbath. —Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025

Episode 7, after all, ends with a bloodbath that seems to put a bow on the case. —Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 July 2025

All of the psychological tension attempted in the beginning makes way for a climactic bloodbath worthy of Freddy Krueger, robbing the film of a satisfying conclusion. —Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 25 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bloodbath

• footpath
• towpath
• warpath
• aftermath
• multipath
• psychopath
• hath
• lath
• math
• path
• rath
• spath