Synonyms of bloodbath

bloodbath

noun

ˈbləd-ˌbath 

as in massacre

the killing of a large number of people

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• massacre
• slaughter
• carnage
• death
• genocide
• holocaust
• murder
• butchery
• bloodshed
• killing
• slaying
• extermination
• destruction
• devastation
• homicide
• mortality
• annihilation
• manslaughter
• bloodletting
• execution
• assassination
• eradication
• decimation
• pogrom
• foul play
• demolishing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bloodbath

Having the big bloodbath take place in the penultimate episode rather than the season finale is, at this point, a pretty old-school HBO-style maneuver, dating back to the New Golden Age heyday that ran from The Sopranos through Game of Thrones. —Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024

Conservatives keep claiming that California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage led to a job bloodbath. —Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024

Real life is worse than the games After the bloodbath in the first game, the players vote by a narrow margin to end the games and leave without any money. —Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024

And just like that, my hopes for a classic Terence Winter multi-faction bloodbath go up another notch. —Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024