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

However, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which climbed 0.65%, was somewhat shielded from the Monday bloodbath by gains in Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Travelers. —Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025

Where to watch: Shudder ‘Heart Eyes’ (Feb. 7) Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding are co-workers mistaken to be a couple by the infamous Heart Eyes Killer, a Seattle psycho who turns every Valentine's Day into a bloodbath. —Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025

From Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and showrunner Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai), the show is a juvenile bloodbath with bits of mysticism, as Calypso genuinely has the power to grant wishes. —Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025

This week's coffee shop smackdown has been a bloodbath (latte-bath?). —Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025