MEANING
1. An episode of extensive killing or violence producing many casualties.
2. Figuratively, a catastrophic episode of losses or destructive setbacks.
Use it for
A refuge becoming a mass killing site; uncontrolled violence; the scale of a failed rescueUse the casualty scale, not the amount of visible liquid, to justify the word.
Words that belong together
- turn into a bloodbath
- avert a bloodbath
- aftermath of a bloodbath
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The failed evacuation became a bloodbath.
She warned that opening the gate would cause a bloodbath.
The survivors described a bloodbath that lasted less than ten minutes.
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Journalistic or dramatic; can also mean catastrophic losses figuratively. Not normally a single minor wound or simply a bloody room. Noun plural: bloodbaths.
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