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bloodbaths

noun

plural of bloodbath

as in massacres

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 bloodbaths Amid the bloodbaths and whimsy, however, Eddie is evolving into someone new. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026 Your Night Manager and Something Very Bad characters both made big decisions that led to bloodbaths. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026 Naturally, the theft of the ghost shirt by the stooges in the employ of Roy Lee is accompanied by many deceased bodies — the first of the many bloodbaths in Americana, which has a distressingly expedient approach to on-screen carnage. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025

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But aid workers in Haiti say that large outbreaks of gang violence, particularly massacres like the one in Kenscoff, a community in the hills above Port-au-Prince, are not uncommon.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
In his reports, there is both disbelief and bitter acceptance of the massacres of Ukraine’s Jewish population.

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

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By the eighth century, Charlemagne was organizing mass slaughters of the animal while the Church, wary of its earlier status as living god, denounced the bear as lewd, noting its disturbing resemblance to humans.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Hands-down one of the most disgusting movies ever made (a compliment), the film finds the indefatigable slasher, who was decapitated at the end of Terrifier 2, reattaching his head and commencing his ritual slaughters.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025

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