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bloodbath

[bluhd-bath, -bahth] / ˈblʌdˌbæθ, -ˌbɑθ /
NOUN
massacre
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For weeks, reports warning of a "bloodbath", external at Microsoft's video game studios had been circulating after the division's new chief executive, Asha Sharma, released a memo saying she planned to "reset the business", external.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Most major stock indexes rose after Friday’s bloodbath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

And so, if the Hyperscalers were to take their foot off the gas and say, “Hmm, capacity is good for the next year or so,” there would be a bloodbath in the supply chain.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

Hence, Fiennes’ outrageous pageantry sharpens “The Bone Temple” into a tragedy as opposed to just another bloodbath.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

In 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte, the best general in France, put an end to the revolutionary bloodbath.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

The generally good news in job growth, with the blowout report of 353,000 new jobs in January and months of gains in manufacturing, is confounded by employment bloodbaths among tech and media firms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

While the Raiders-Broncos rivalry ranks a notch below the mud-baths and bloodbaths that define the Steelers-Browns and Packers-Bears rivalries, it’s always meant something extra to the players.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

“I remember playing five vs. five, which are often bloodbaths with these teams,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021

Carey switches the formula, spending much more time on the infection and humanity’s attempts to conquer it than on bloodbaths.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2014

But as well as a rabid online fanbase, Being Human also quickly established its own supernatural mythology and unique tone – one where bloodbaths and sit-in marathons of the real hustle could sit scene-by-scene.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2013


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