Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Indiscriminate slaughter; the killing of multiple persons.
- noun Substantial losses by many people, as in a mass termination of employment or widespread financial loss.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Indiscriminate killing orslaughter . - noun figuratively An
upset (as of a game withunexpected results.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun indiscriminate slaughter
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word bloodbath.
Examples
-
In the final showdown Sawyer must fight for his life in bloodbath duel vs. tagteam Tom Sawyer (Daddy Lock) himself and Danny Pickett.
-
But the specter of a midterm bloodbath that could cost Democrats their majority has focused chairmen's attention on the need to promote the work of those on the lower rungs - lest they lose their gavels.
Top Stories from CQ 2010
-
Rep. Marion Berry's parting shot, published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette [no link, subscription only] offers a warning to moderate Democrats and border state moderates - warning of a midterm bloodbath comparable to the 54-seat D-to-R swing in 1994.
-
Rep. Marion Berry's parting shot, published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette [no link, subscription only] offers a warning to moderate Democrats and border state moderates - warning of a midterm bloodbath comparable to the 54-seat D-to-R swing in 1994.
-
Rep. Marion Berry's parting shot, published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette [no link, subscription only] offers a warning to moderate Democrats and border state moderates - warning of a midterm bloodbath comparable to the 54-seat D-to-R swing in 1994.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 111christensen 2010
-
But the specter of a midterm bloodbath that could cost Democrats their majority has focused chairmen's attention on the need to promote the work of those on the lower rungs - lest they lose their gavels.
Top Stories from CQ 2010
-
But the specter of a midterm bloodbath that could cost Democrats their majority has focused chairmen's attention on the need to promote the work of those on the lower rungs - lest they lose their gavels.
Top Stories from CQ 2010
-
Rep. Marion Berry's parting shot, published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette [no link, subscription only] offers a warning to moderate Democrats and border state moderates - warning of a midterm bloodbath comparable to the 54-seat D-to-R swing in 1994.
-
But the specter of a midterm bloodbath that could cost Democrats their majority has focused chairmen's attention on the need to promote the work of those on the lower rungs - lest they lose their gavels.
Top Stories from CQ 2010
-
Rep. Marion Berry's parting shot, published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette offers a warning to moderate Democrats and border state moderates - warning of a midterm bloodbath comparable to the 54-seat D-to-R swing in 1994.
BlogWonks 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.