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
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.
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Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodbaths
massacres
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The Romans were masters at using rewards and punishment to manage foreign states, from grants of citizenship to massacres of rebels.—
Barry Strauss,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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Among the passengers was Qahtan Khalil, director of Syria’s air force intelligence, who was accused of being directly responsible for one of the bloodiest massacres of the country’s 13-year civil war.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Bloodbaths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodbaths. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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