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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

And so, if the Hyperscalers were to take their foot off the gas and say, “Hmm, capacity is good for the next year or so,” there would be a bloodbath in the supply chain.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 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

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

In 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte, the best general in France, put an end to the revolutionary bloodbath.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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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