bloodbath

American  

[bluhd-bath, -bahth] / ˈblʌdˌbæθ, -ˌbɑθ /

Or blood bath

noun

plural

bloodbaths

1. a ruthless slaughter of a great number of people; massacre.

2. Informal. a period of disastrous loss or reversal.

   A few mutual funds performed well in the general bloodbath of the stock market.

3. a widespread dismissal or purge, as of employees.

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Etymology

Origin of bloodbath

First recorded in 1865–70; blood + bath ¹

Example Sentences

Faced with the prospect of intervention becoming full-scale war, and under strong domestic popular pressure to avoid any such bloodbath, Ecowas leaders backed off - opting to rely on sanctions.

From BBC

After another wild rivalry weekend, the Southeastern Conference reached the end of its bloodbath of a regular season without a single unbeaten team.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Crow likens this period to the Civil War, when the government supported the creation of land-grant universities: “an unbelievable opportunity,” he says, despite “bloodbaths going on all of the time.”

From The Wall Street Journal

If a deal with China isn’t reached soon, Hill said, the soybean market “might be a bloodbath.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“Sinners” transforms mid-film to become a vampire bloodbath, while the words “demon hunters” are right there in the other movie’s title.

From Salon

Related Words

• carnage
• purge
• slaughter