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UK
/blˈʌdbɑːθ/
]
[ US /ˈbɫədˌbæθ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɫədˌbæθ/ ]
NOUN
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indiscriminate slaughter
ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name
a huge prison battue was ordered
the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder
a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered
How To Use bloodbath In A Sentence
- This led to a communal bloodbath in which hundreds of thousands were killed and many thousands more were expelled from their homes.
- It's a familiar and rather well-worn mechanic, but the sepia-toned graphical overlay is a stylish touch and the extravagant rag doll physics sends your victim rocketing through the air like a crazed acrobat, which is fun to behold and suitably reminiscent of a Peckinpah bloodbath. Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
- As long as they remain on sale, another bloodbath is just one act of lunacy away. The Sun
- As the European aviation sector enters its winter bloodbath, regulators will have to become more proactive in monitoring standards. Times, Sunday Times
- He has also emerged unscathed, reputation enhanced, from previous variants on the rugby bloodbath theme. Times, Sunday Times
- A wacky, black-comic interlude has morphed with appalling speed into a potential bloodbath.
- Fears are now running high that the street attack could spark a bloodbath among the city's rival mobs.
- As the classical Greek tragedy bible dictates, the spurned queen is duty-bound to seek vengeance, and both innocent and guilty are indiscriminately caught up in the inevitable bloodbath and terrifying climax.
- Now the president said that he was leaving this country to avoid a bloodbath.
- The shooting marked the start of a bloodbath that killed 200,000 people and forced 1.8 million to leave their homes.