bloodbath

noun

ˈbləd-ˌbath How to pronounce bloodbath (audio)
Definition of bloodbathnext
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 The first battle is a bloodbath, with the men picked off by musket fire almost at random. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 July 2026 Its candidates have won major local elections, and, after last week’s bloodbath in New York City and Tuesday’s win in Colorado, have defeated mainstream Democrats in important congressional primaries. — Jon Cowan, Washington Post, 1 July 2026 So, for over a decade that included the COVID crash and 2022 bond bloodbath, this dividend was rock solid. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Your Night Manager and Something Very Bad characters both made big decisions that led to bloodbaths. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloodbath
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodbath
  1. massacre
  2. slaughter
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  • Meanwhile, on a wider scale, ecological disaster and the systematic massacre of innocent animals seemed no closer to being forestalled.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • For decades after, the Bolsheviks’ secrecy around the massacre fueled rumors that some of the Romanovs had survived, most famously Anastasia.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
Definition of massacre
Noun
  • The series’ new iterations, starting with Fede Álvarez’s 2013 soft reboot Evil Dead, have largely abandoned its roots as horror-comedy in favor of orgiastic slaughter.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • That’s true too of the Mutt-and-Jeff arguments between Captain Peleg and Captain Bildad, two Quaker ship-owners whose belief in non-violence doesn’t preclude the bloody slaughter of whales.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of slaughter

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