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
Elon Musk saw around $11 billion shaved off his wealth in the stock market bloodbath that followed President Donald Trump's unveiling of tariffs on Thursday, taking his overall losses since the beginning of 2025 to more than $110 billion.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Any doubt that the Donald Trump tantrum tariffs are the cause of the bloodbath in the stock market, wiping out the wealth and retirement savings of tens of millions of Americans, was settled yesterday morning.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
The unprecedented bloodbath led to the Russian Revolution, and the establishment of the Soviet Union, the first communist power.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
The tweet’s jaunty vibe contrasted with a metaphorical bloodbath on Wall Street, where the major stock indices all suffered big drops.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie,michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Any doubt that the Donald Trump tantrum tariffs are the cause of the bloodbath in the stock market, wiping out the wealth and retirement savings of tens of millions of Americans, was settled yesterday morning.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
The unprecedented bloodbath led to the Russian Revolution, and the establishment of the Soviet Union, the first communist power.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
The tweet’s jaunty vibe contrasted with a metaphorical bloodbath on Wall Street, where the major stock indices all suffered big drops.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie,michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodbath
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What began in Manchester with an 1819 massacre of peasants gave birth to the world's first workers' movements, trade unions and an idea of equality that has fueled social justice and labor movements around the world.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025
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Commentators sometimes compare dictators to Herod, the king who ordered the massacre of children in his quest to kill the infant Christ.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Cinematic games are meant for one or two sessions full of tense moments, human intrigue and alien slaughter.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Of course, Mari could have survived the slaughter if some of the other girls — including Van (Liv Hewson) and Taissa (Brown) — had it their way.—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodbath. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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