| English noun: bloodbath | |||
| 1. | bloodbath (act) indiscriminate slaughter | ||
| Samples | A bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered. Ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name. The valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder. A huge prison battue was ordered. | ||
| Synonyms | battue, bloodletting, bloodshed | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter | ||