bloodbath
Americannoun
plural
bloodbaths-
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.
Etymology
Origin of bloodbath
Example Sentences
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The trees showing off around the Tidal Basin right now are not going to produce something tasty later; there’s a reason the National Cherry Blossom Festival is not followed by a horrifying National Cherry-Stomping Bloodbath.
From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2022
The equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars was lost in the EVE Online universe as thousands of gamers were thrown into the “The Bloodbath of B-R5RB.”
From Scientific American • Feb. 1, 2014
Ritter revels in his rootsier indulgences, kicking up hoedown dust-storms and throwing himself lustily into Mississippi John Hurt's American-gothic Folk Bloodbath, with its psycho cowboys and hanging judges.
From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2013
As well as the celebrated Horse Meat Disco and Bloodbath, there are nights all over the country from Futureboogie in Bristol to Hoya Hoya in Manchester, where Lennon, Skream and others keep the disco/boogie flame burning.
From The Guardian • May 31, 2013
Gustavus Vasa was a young fellow there, who dexterously escaped this Bloodbath, and afterwards came to something.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 03 by Carlyle, Thomas
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