bloodbath
noun
blood·bath
ˈbləd-ˌbath 
-ˌbäth
1
: a great slaughter
2
a
: a notably fierce, violent, or destructive contest or struggle
the campaign has become a bloodbath
b
: a major economic disaster
a market bloodbath
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Thousands of people were murdered in the bloodbath.
one side was so much better armed that the battle quickly turned into a bloodbath
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Because surgeons are dirty little freaks, the bloodbath gives Owen and Teddy their first good laugh in probably months.
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Instead of a terrifying bloodbath, the episode ends with laughter and misunderstanding, and a sweet and elegant solution for both the Baron and the Sire (New Jersey!), as well as great gags like the runner of no one being able to pronounce the Sire’s human name and Laszlo swallowing a harmonica.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
Bettor Turns $10 Parlay Into $131,000 Win Week 6 of the 2024 NFL season was a bloodbath for the leading online sportsbooks.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
This led to an electoral bloodbath for Republicans in the 1890 midterm elections, when the party lost 78 House seats and the Democrats won a 236-vote majority.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Instead of a terrifying bloodbath, the episode ends with laughter and misunderstanding, and a sweet and elegant solution for both the Baron and the Sire (New Jersey!), as well as great gags like the runner of no one being able to pronounce the Sire’s human name and Laszlo swallowing a harmonica.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
Bettor Turns $10 Parlay Into $131,000 Win Week 6 of the 2024 NFL season was a bloodbath for the leading online sportsbooks.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
This led to an electoral bloodbath for Republicans in the 1890 midterm elections, when the party lost 78 House seats and the Democrats won a 236-vote majority.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodbath. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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