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
Each of Aster’s movies descends into chaos by its third act, but the bloodbath at the end of Eddington is particularly challenging because of what precedes it: a recognizable, if satirical, investigation of life under lockdown.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Despite worries about an entry-level-job bloodbath, billionaire JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says businesses are still clamoring for young talent with skills in cybersecurity, coding, and project management.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 June 2025
Despite concern over an entry-level job bloodbath, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says businesses are still clamoring for young talent.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 24 June 2025
Countless bloodbaths, several betrayals and 454 deaths later, Gi-hun, the baby and the baby's father—player No. 333 (played by Yim Si-wan), also known as Myung-gi—make it to the final game.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Despite worries about an entry-level-job bloodbath, billionaire JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says businesses are still clamoring for young talent with skills in cybersecurity, coding, and project management.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 June 2025
Despite concern over an entry-level job bloodbath, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says businesses are still clamoring for young talent.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 24 June 2025
Countless bloodbaths, several betrayals and 454 deaths later, Gi-hun, the baby and the baby's father—player No. 333 (played by Yim Si-wan), also known as Myung-gi—make it to the final game.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodbath
Noun
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Australia has designated Hamas a terrorist entity and Albanese repeated Monday his government's calls for the group to return Israeli hostages held since the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Some Israelis on the left are more aware of this now, but the open wound of both the massacre itself and those twenty live hostages and thirty bodies kept remain obsessions.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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All Robert has to do is slaughter a few dozen members of the Camorra who are terrorizing the place.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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Whether farmers use the high prices as an opportunity to expand their herds or instead seek to profit from selling off cows for slaughter will determine whether the U.S. cattle herd continues to shrink, Nelson wrote.—
Reia Li,
AZCentral.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodbath. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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