bloodbath
Americannoun
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a ruthless slaughter of a great number of people; massacre.
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Informal. a period of disastrous loss or reversal.
A few mutual funds performed well in the general bloodbath of the stock market.
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a widespread dismissal or purge, as of employees.
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Most major stock indexes rose after Friday’s bloodbath.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
And so, if the Hyperscalers were to take their foot off the gas and say, “Hmm, capacity is good for the next year or so,” there would be a bloodbath in the supply chain.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
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 • Dec. 9, 2025
“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 • Jul. 11, 2025
In 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte, the best general in France, put an end to the revolutionary bloodbath.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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