Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre.
Wiktionary
- n. Indiscriminate killing or slaughter.
- n. figuratively An upset (as of a game with unexpected results.)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Indiscriminate slaughter; the killing of multiple persons.
- n. Substantial losses by many people, as in a mass termination of employment or widespread financial loss.
WordNet 3.0
- n. indiscriminate slaughter
Etymologies
- Coined in 1867. Compound of blood and bath, the latter used to refer in the metaphorical sense to a deluge of a thing. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In the final showdown Sawyer must fight for his life in bloodbath duel vs. tagteam Tom Sawyer (Daddy Lock) himself and Danny Pickett.”
“But the specter of a midterm bloodbath that could cost Democrats their majority has focused chairmen's attention on the need to promote the work of those on the lower rungs - lest they lose their gavels.”
“Rep. Marion Berry's parting shot, published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette offers a warning to moderate Democrats and border state moderates - warning of a midterm bloodbath comparable to the 54-seat D-to-R swing in 1994.”
“Rep. Marion Berry's parting shot, published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette [no link, subscription only] offers a warning to moderate Democrats and border state moderates - warning of a midterm bloodbath comparable to the 54-seat D-to-R swing in 1994.”
“If this is the face that the Democratic Party puts forward this fall, the word bloodbath will be associated with this election.”
“I don’t think the word bloodbath is adequate enough to describe what is going to happen in the midterms.”
Think Progress » Brown’s Victory Wasn’t A Referendum On National Health Reform Legislation
“I think you used the word bloodbath in that report.”
“Earlier this year Rep. Marion Berry of Arkansas warned moderate Democrats of a midterm bloodbath comparable to 1994.”
The Wall Street Journal: Obama's Incoherent Closing Argument
“The lethal force of the government offensive, including what rebels described as a "bloodbath" in the strategic western port of Zawiyah, raised the stakes for Washington and its Western allies.”
The Washington Post: Gaddafi forces mount fierce counterattack
“What saved this uprising from becoming a bloodbath was the close ties America has to Egypt's military.”
The Huffington Post: Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [154] -- Egypt Rising
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bloodbath’.
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Situation Normal
inspired by Mistakes Were Made. Words for things going wrong in a manner particularly violent, stupid, soul-crushing, boggling, grandiose, or any combination of these qualities.
writeoff, wreck, bust, washout, turkey, untergang, undoing, total loss, flop, muck up, louse-up, goof-up and 156 more...
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Of blood
bad blood, bloodthirsty, bloodletting, bloodlust, blue blood, bloody hell, red-blooded, bleeding heart, own flesh and blood, cold-blooded, hot-blooded, chec..., bloodbath and 7 more...
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eesome
Includes any intangible conceivable independently of Hom. Sap.
depthless, overspire, unsteady, thitherward, rile, munchable, covet, pastinaceous, mirtle, slonk, tink, inerrarable and 345 more...
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je les adore!
fusillade, foal, celestial, abattoir, byzantium, berlin, casablanca, babylon, balkans, albion, avalon, between the devil... and 471 more...
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The "dark" things
grave, dead, death, die, died, dies, murder, murdered, murderer, murders, murdering, murderous and 115 more...
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Scenariot
Rebellious destruction, police and protestors, or just angry mobs.
bedlam, chaos, havoc, destruction, cataclysm, devastation, mayhem, plunder, ravage, wreckage, destroy, blitzkrieg and 112 more...
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I like: B
babylon, bacchus, balkans, basilica, bavaria, behemoth, belfast, berlin, beyond the pale, bifrost, bifurcate, bismarck and 24 more...
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Another Bloody List
bloodwort, bloodroot, bloodwood, bloodstone, blood pudding, blood sausage, blood-drop, bloodworm, bloodhound, bloodnut, blood-red, blood-mare and 43 more...
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