blood-bath
noun, plural blood·baths 
[bluhd-bath
z, -bahthz, -baths, -bahths] .
[bluhd-bathz, -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.
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| bloodbath | |
noun | |
| 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" |
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Blood-bath
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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