bloodbath
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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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Bloodbath
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
The bloodbath had come to an end in less than five minutes.
If you want to see the real bloodbath, wait until it's time to adopt textbooks using these new standards.
Then again, they were also blaming a five-year bloodbath on that same treatise.
Even a postmodernist bloodbath is wet, sticky, and red.
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