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Definition of Bloodbath
1. Noun. Indiscriminate slaughter. "A huge prison battue was ordered"
Generic synonyms: Butchery, Carnage, Mass Murder, Massacre, Slaughter
Definition of Bloodbath
1. Noun. Indiscriminate killing or slaughter. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) An upset (as of a game with unexpected results.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bloodbath
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodbath
Literary usage of Bloodbath
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... "bloodbath," so they name it; in Stockholm, where indeed he was lawful King,
and not without unlawful enemies, had a bloodbath been the way to deal with ..."
2. History of Friedrich II of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1897)
"Gustavus Vasa was a young fellow there, who dextrously escaped this bloodbath,
and afterwards came to something. In Denmark and Sweden, rash Christian made ..."
3. Works by Thomas Carlyle (1894)
"Gustavus Vasa was a young fellow there, who dextrously escaped this bloodbath,
and afterwards came to something. In Denmark and Sweden, rash Christian made ..."
4. Carlyles' Works by Thomas Carlyle (1884)
"... "bloodbath," so they name it; in Stockholm, where indeed he was lawful King,
and not without unlawful enemies, had a bloodbath been the way to deal with ..."
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