bloodbath

bloodbath
/blud"bath', -bahth'/, n., pl. bloodbaths /-badhz', -bahdhz', -baths', -bahths'/.
1. a ruthless slaughter of a great number of people; massacre.
2. Informal. a period of disastrous loss or reversal: A few mutual funds performed well in the general bloodbath of the stock market.
3. a widespread dismissal or purge, as of employees.
Also, blood bath.
[1865-70; BLOOD + BATH1]

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