bloodbath

/ˌblʌdˈbæθ/
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Other forms: bloodbaths

Definitions of bloodbath
  1. noun
    indiscriminate slaughter
    “a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered”
    synonyms: battue, bloodletting, bloodshed
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    type of:
    butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
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