Definition

Noun: 1. An event involving extensive, violent, and often indiscriminate killing; a massacre. This word describes a situation where many people are killed violently, typically in a brutal and widespread manner.

Usage

The word "bloodbath" is used to describe scenes of extreme violence and mass killing. It emphasizes the scale, brutality, and often senseless nature of the slaughter. It is a powerful, graphic term commonly used in historical, political, and journalistic contexts.

Examples

• The battle turned into a bloodbath, with casualties on both sides.
• Historians described the violent suppression of the rebellion as a bloodbath.
• The stock market crash led to a financial bloodbath for many investors.

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: In non-literal contexts, "bloodbath" can describe any situation of severe and widespread loss or defeat, such as in politics, sports, or business.
  • The election was a political bloodbath for the ruling party.

Variants and Related Words

• Bloodletting (noun): The act of shedding blood, especially as a former medical treatment; also used figuratively to mean a period of violent conflict or a purge within an organization.
• Bloodshed (noun): The killing or wounding of people, typically on a large scale during a conflict.
• Massacre (noun): An indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people.
• Slaughter (noun/verb): The killing of a large number of people or animals in a cruel or violent way.
• Carnage (noun): The killing of a large number of people.

Synonyms

Massacre, slaughter, carnage, butchery, pogrom.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To be a bloodbath: Used to state that a situation was or will be violently destructive.
  • If the two rival gangs meet, it will be a bloodbath.

Noun

1. indiscriminate slaughter
   • a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered
   • ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name
   • the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder
   • a huge prison battue was ordered