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- [bluhd-bath, -bahth]
- /ˈblʌdˌbæθ, -ˌbɑθ/
- /ˈblʌd.bɑːθ/
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- [bluhd-bath, -bahth]
- /ˈblʌdˌbæθ, -ˌbɑθ/
Definitions of bloodbath word
- countable noun bloodbath If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently. 3
- noun bloodbath indiscriminate slaughter; a massacre 3
- noun plural bloodbath a ruthless slaughter of a great number of people; massacre. 1
- noun plural bloodbath Informal. a period of disastrous loss or reversal: A few mutual funds performed well in the general bloodbath of the stock market. 1
- noun plural bloodbath a widespread dismissal or purge, as of employees. 1
- noun bloodbath massacre 1
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Origin of bloodbath
First appearance:
before 1865 One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70; blood + bath1
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Parts of speech for Bloodbath
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bloodbath popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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bloodbath usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bloodbath
noun bloodbath
- purge — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- carnage — Carnage is the violent killing of large numbers of people, especially in a war.
- war — a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
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