bloodbath
noun[S]
uk/ˈblʌd.bɑːθ/us/ˈblʌd.bæθ/anextremelyviolenteventin which alargenumberofpeoplearekilled:
血洗，大屠杀Is there nothing that theoutsideworldcan do topreventa bloodbath?外界难道就不能采取任何行动来阻止大屠杀吗？
Anymajorconfrontationwithsecurityforceswould belikelytoend ina bloodbath.
Compare
bloodletting
bloodshed
a verybadsituationin which a lot ofharmordamageiscaused:
Thegovernmentseemdeterminedtocontinuein thefaceof anelectoralbloodbath.
Weknowthere will be a bloodbath ofjobcutsinJanuaryandFebruary.
- Heclaimstheregionis toounstableand iftroopsarepulledout there would be a bloodbath.
- Awarbetweenlocaldrugsgangsendedin a bloodbath.
- Therevolutionquicklydescendedinto a bloodbath.
- If youthinkthelayoffsyou'veseentoday arelarge, it's going to be a bloodbath in Detroit and in theMidwest.
- There was a bloodbath onequitymarketstoday asinvestorsworryabout thestateof Europe'sfinances.
- Shewarnsaneconomicbloodbathawaitsunlessthe Bankactsquicklytocutrates.
Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggressively
- aggressiveness
- aggro
- agonistic
- fierce
- fierceness
- fighting words
- flex
- flexyourmusclesidiom
- pugnacity
- rabble-rousing
- raging
- Rambo
- rampage
- viciousness
- violence
- warlike
- warmonger
- warmongering
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