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bloodbath

[bluhd-bath, -bahth] / ˈblʌdˌbæθ, -ˌbɑθ /
NOUN
massacre
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“It really feels like a bloodbath right now.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 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

Executives for OpenAI, the maker of popular chatbot ChatGPT, have pushed back against the prediction that a massive white-collar job bloodbath is coming.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2025

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

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

At a time when it’s increasingly difficult to discern what’s real and what’s not, especially on our phones, that more sophisticated story never gets told, in favor of more throwback-style bloodbaths and showboating bad-guy speeches.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2025

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

As intellectual bloodbaths go, it’s been entertaining—like watching Jon Stewart skewer Glenn Beck.

From Slate Jan. 6, 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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