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

• butchery
• carnage
• death
• holocaust
• 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

Related article The ‘white-collar bloodbath’ is all part of the AI hype machine The sentiment echoes a similar but more dramatic statement by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who told CNN and Axios that AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs sometime in the next five years. —Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 June 2025

Watch: Is artistic expression a bedrock of our Constitution? Obama and Steve Bannon agree: AI could cause white-collar job loss bloodbath. —Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 June 2025

No suspects have been identified or arrested in the bloodbath, which erupted around 8:40 p.m. at a park in the city, cops said. —Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025

Directed by Ben Mole, the film follows an infamous former spy catcher who must work with his estranged daughter to avert a homeland security bloodbath and survive a terrifying home invasion. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Apr. 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