as in massacre
the killing of a large number of people
one side was so much better armed that the battle quickly turned into a bloodbath
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However, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which climbed 0.65%, was somewhat shielded from the Monday bloodbath by gains in Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Travelers.
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Where to watch: Shudder ‘Heart Eyes’ (Feb. 7) Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding are co-workers mistaken to be a couple by the infamous Heart Eyes Killer, a Seattle psycho who turns every Valentine's Day into a bloodbath.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
From Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and showrunner Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai), the show is a juvenile bloodbath with bits of mysticism, as Calypso genuinely has the power to grant wishes.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
This week's coffee shop smackdown has been a bloodbath (latte-bath?).
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
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Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Where to watch: Shudder ‘Heart Eyes’ (Feb. 7) Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding are co-workers mistaken to be a couple by the infamous Heart Eyes Killer, a Seattle psycho who turns every Valentine's Day into a bloodbath.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
From Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and showrunner Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai), the show is a juvenile bloodbath with bits of mysticism, as Calypso genuinely has the power to grant wishes.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
This week's coffee shop smackdown has been a bloodbath (latte-bath?).
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodbath. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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