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blood·bath    Audio Help   [bluhd-bath, -bahth] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -baths    Audio Help   [-bathz, -bahthz, -baths, -bahths] Pronunciation Key.
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.
Also, blood bath.


[Origin: 1865–70; blood + bath1]
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blood·bath also blood bath    Audio Help   (blŭd'bāth', -bäth')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre.

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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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