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单词 bloodbath
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bloodbath

noun

blood·​bath ˈbləd-ˌbath How to pronounce bloodbath (audio)
-ˌbäth
1
: a great slaughter
2
a
: a notably fierce, violent, or destructive contest or struggle
the campaign has become a bloodbath
b
: a major economic disaster
a market bloodbath

Synonyms

  • butchery
  • carnage
  • death
  • holocaust
  • massacre
  • slaughter
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Example Sentences

Thousands of people were murdered in the bloodbath. one side was so much better armed that the battle quickly turned into a bloodbath
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Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1

bloodbath

noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • massacre
  • slaughter
  • carnage
  • genocide
  • death
  • holocaust
  • bloodshed
  • murder
  • butchery
  • killing
  • destruction
  • extermination
  • slaying
  • bloodletting
  • devastation
  • annihilation
  • homicide
  • assassination
  • mortality
  • execution
  • manslaughter
  • pogrom
  • decimation
  • eradication
  • foul play
  • demolishing
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