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

Not like a bloodbath or anything. —Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Naturally, the theft of the ghost shirt by the stooges in the employ of Roy Lee is accompanied by many deceased bodies — the first of the many bloodbaths in Americana, which has a distressingly expedient approach to on-screen carnage. —Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025

Season 1 of Gen V ended with a bloodbath on Godolkin's campus, prompted primarily by the school secretly experimenting on super-powered youths to create a virus lethal to supes. —EW.com, 19 Aug. 2025

Tyler Loong turned out to be quite prophetic, because the Men’s singles draw was a bloodbath for the top seeds. —Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 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