[bluhd-bath, -bahth] 
[-bath
z, -bahthz, -baths, -bahths] . | 1. | a ruthless slaughter of a great number of people; massacre. |
| 2. | Informal. a period of disastrous loss or reversal: A few mutual funds performed well in the general bloodbath of the stock market. |
| 3. | a widespread dismissal or purge, as of employees. |
| blood·bath also blood bath (blŭd'bāth', -bäth') n. Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre. |