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
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.
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Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 Mar. 2026
Yet a war that leaves the Iranian people exposed will lead to a bloodbath and the possibility of a leader even worse than the ayatollah himself.
—Felice Friedson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
Software rallied after last month’s bloodbath.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
This could be a similar bloodbath.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
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Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 Mar. 2026
Yet a war that leaves the Iranian people exposed will lead to a bloodbath and the possibility of a leader even worse than the ayatollah himself.
—Felice Friedson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
Software rallied after last month’s bloodbath.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
This could be a similar bloodbath.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bloodbath
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodbath
Noun
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The world sees the massacres in Lebanon.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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However, that night’s 19-3 massacre against visiting Worchester was a harbinger of things to come.—
Staff Report,
Twin Cities,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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What followed was sheer amphibian slaughter — when the mating season started and the frogs were on the move, thousands would get run over.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Decades of this rhetoric have driven most Iranians—who have noticed that the wages of resistance are misery, hardship, and slaughter by their own wicked oppressors—to despair.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodbath. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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