as in massacre
the killing of a large number of people
one side was so much better armed that the battle quickly turned into a bloodbath
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Recent Examples of bloodbath
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).
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Getting backed down by Dončić was only one piece of an embarrassing bloodbath for the Bulls that highlighted every facet of this team’s defensive deficiencies.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Now, as the New York Times reports, US officials have confirmed that a US military Tomahawk missile strike was indeed responsible for the bloodbath at the school.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 Mar. 2026
Software rallied after last month’s bloodbath.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Getting backed down by Dončić was only one piece of an embarrassing bloodbath for the Bulls that highlighted every facet of this team’s defensive deficiencies.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Now, as the New York Times reports, US officials have confirmed that a US military Tomahawk missile strike was indeed responsible for the bloodbath at the school.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 Mar. 2026
Software rallied after last month’s bloodbath.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodbath
Noun
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This article includes graphic and disturbing accounts from the October 7 massacre in Israel.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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But 2026 has marked a new nadir for one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with the government’s massacre of anti-regime protestors in January and widespread destruction from the United States’ and Israel’s intermittent war.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
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The deadliest so far was the mass slaughter at a Hanukkah party on Sydney’s Bondi Beach in December, but perhaps only luck and good police work have prevented an even worse atrocity on American soil.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Yolande Mukakasana, a genocide survivor and writer who lost her entire family in the genocide, told The Associated Press when the trial opened that the case had come too late for many survivors who have died since the slaughter.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodbath. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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