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bloodbath

[bluhd-bath, -bahth] / ˈblʌdˌbæθ, -ˌbɑθ /
NOUN
massacre
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Most major stock indexes rose after Friday’s bloodbath.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

His concerns over tax are shared by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, who said restaurants were "facing a bloodbath", and called for rises in business rates to be implemented more carefully.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

"The aim was to avoid a bloodbath and bring the actors back to reason," a senior Vatican source said.

From Barron's Feb. 3, 2026

Hence, Fiennes’ outrageous pageantry sharpens “The Bone Temple” into a tragedy as opposed to just another bloodbath.

From Salon Jan. 23, 2026

While one might expect such an edict to produce a bloodbath, very few gleanings ever took place.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

The generally good news in job growth, with the blowout report of 353,000 new jobs in January and months of gains in manufacturing, is confounded by employment bloodbaths among tech and media firms.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2024

While the Raiders-Broncos rivalry ranks a notch below the mud-baths and bloodbaths that define the Steelers-Browns and Packers-Bears rivalries, it’s always meant something extra to the players.

From Seattle Times Nov. 16, 2022

“I remember playing five vs. five, which are often bloodbaths with these teams,” she said.

From Washington Post Oct. 26, 2021

Carey switches the formula, spending much more time on the infection and humanity’s attempts to conquer it than on bloodbaths.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2014

But as well as a rabid online fanbase, Being Human also quickly established its own supernatural mythology and unique tone – one where bloodbaths and sit-in marathons of the real hustle could sit scene-by-scene.

From The Guardian Mar. 8, 2013




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