- a variation of bloodbath.
blood bath
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"They're basically like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They're gold dust, but I think it's a bit of a blood bath to get tickets," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024
Cooperation between the United States and the Taliban began in earnest during the evacuation last summer, in order to avoid a blood bath in the capital.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
In the great cryptocurrency blood bath of 2022, Wall Street is winning.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
With no short-term solution in sight the final quarter of the year could turn into a blood bath, warns Giovanni Savorani, the head of Italy's Confindustria Ceramica federation.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2021
Now Paul Rusesabagina, who angered the Rwandan government with his pointed criticism from exile in the years after the blood bath, has gone on trial in a prosecution that has drawn broad international condemnation.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2021
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