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Bloodbath

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Indiscriminate killing or slaughter.

n. An upset (as of a game with unexpected results.)

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Indiscriminate slaughter; the killing of multiple persons.

n. Substantial losses by many people, as in a mass termination of employment or widespread financial loss.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. indiscriminate slaughter

Word Usage

"But the specter of a midterm bloodbath that could cost Democrats their majority has focused chairmen's attention on the need to promote the work of those on the lower rungs - lest they lose their gavels."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

massacre carnage slaughter mass murder butchery

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

bloodletting bloodshed battue

Same Context

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