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
On Friday, tech stocks led a market bloodbath after the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report showed employers added a net 172,000 jobs last month, nearly double Wall Street forecasts.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
Most of her top competition had already cleared out of the ongoing French Open, which has become a bloodbath of upsets.
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Chris Branch,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
After Lestat finagles his way into becoming the King Raj of Mardi Gras in 1940, the vampire trio throws an extravagant bash that ends in a bloodbath.
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Tiffany Kelly,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
The Evil Empire had ended not in a bloodbath in elections.
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Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for bloodbath
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
Most of her top competition had already cleared out of the ongoing French Open, which has become a bloodbath of upsets.
—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
After Lestat finagles his way into becoming the King Raj of Mardi Gras in 1940, the vampire trio throws an extravagant bash that ends in a bloodbath.
—
Tiffany Kelly,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
The Evil Empire had ended not in a bloodbath in elections.
—
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodbath
Noun
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Athalia’s family returned home a few days after the massacre.
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The issue has been particularly salient for low-income families living near fields of coca, the shrub used to make cocaine, as human rights organizations documented more than 50 massacres in Colombia just this year.
Noun
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The rigidity and delusions of tyrannies are incorrigible; their purity spirals end in executions, not just cancellations; their adventures end in devastation and slaughter.
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Ruthye needs someone to avenge the slaughter of her family at the hands of Krem of the Yellow Hills.
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodbath. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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