bloodbath

noun

blood·​bath ˈbləd-ˌbath 

-ˌbäth

1

: a great slaughter

2

a

: a notably fierce, violent, or destructive contest or struggle

the campaign has become a bloodbath

b

: a major economic disaster

a market bloodbath

Synonyms

• butchery
• carnage
• death
• holocaust
• massacre
• slaughter

Examples of bloodbath in a Sentence

Thousands of people were murdered in the bloodbath.

one side was so much better armed that the battle quickly turned into a bloodbath

Recent Examples on the Web

Any doubt that the Donald Trump tantrum tariffs are the cause of the bloodbath in the stock market, wiping out the wealth and retirement savings of tens of millions of Americans, was settled yesterday morning. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025

The unprecedented bloodbath led to the Russian Revolution, and the establishment of the Soviet Union, the first communist power. —Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025

The tweet’s jaunty vibe contrasted with a metaphorical bloodbath on Wall Street, where the major stock indices all suffered big drops. —Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie,michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025

Unfortunately for the Wilsons, Lola was cut from the show when the judges eliminated more than half of the contestants in a bloodbath of an episode Monday night. —Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bloodbath

• footpath
• towpath
• warpath
• aftermath
• multipath
• psychopath
• hath
• lath
• math
• path
• rath
• spath