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
After Lestat finagles his way into becoming the King Raj of Mardi Gras in 1940, the vampire trio throws an extravagant bash that ends in a bloodbath.
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Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
The Evil Empire had ended not in a bloodbath in elections.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Commentary and opinions The Republican assault on Obamacare has created a healthcare bloodbath, with worse yet to come, argues columnist Michael Hiltzik.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
The rejection triggers a bloodbath at his parents’ massive vacation home.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 May 2026
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Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
The Evil Empire had ended not in a bloodbath in elections.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Commentary and opinions The Republican assault on Obamacare has created a healthcare bloodbath, with worse yet to come, argues columnist Michael Hiltzik.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
The rejection triggers a bloodbath at his parents’ massive vacation home.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodbath
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Smiley Martin died in 2024 in Sacramento County Main Jail awaiting trial in the massacre.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
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Six years later, 49 people were killed and and more than 50 were injured on June 12, 2016, in the Orlando, Florida, massacre at Pulse, a nightclub popular with LGBTQ+ men of color.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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Fulda all but ditches his ambitious partner Chaton (Vincent Dedienne), in order to team up with Stéphane to get to the bottom of the endless pig-slaughter, and to put paid to the local superstition that Brun’s ghost may be the culprit.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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The coup ended with the slaughter or imprisonment of most of its participants.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodbath. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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