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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodbaths
  1. massacres
  2. slaughters
Noun
  • In 2022, an ex-policeman armed with a gun and knife stormed into a nursery in the country's north and murdered 24 children and 12 adults in one of Thailand's deadliest massacres.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Although scarce documentation has left a wide range of estimates, as many as 2 million people are said to have been slaughtered in communal massacres during this exodus.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Definition of massacres
Noun
  • 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
Definition of slaughters

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