bloodbath
Scene of carnage
A bloodbath is a massacre or slaughter involving many deaths: The battle turned into a bloodbath.
Figuratively, it describes any situation of widespread destruction or devastating loss: The stock market crash was a bloodbath for investors.
The word emphasizes scale and brutality—not a single killing but wholesale carnage.
Large-scale unlawful killing
- slaughterKilling for meat
- carnageWidespread violent death
- killingCausing death deliberately
- goreGraphic bloody violence
butchery · murder · atrocity · rampage · mayhem · death toll · bodies · victims
Sudden violent impact
- collapseSudden structural failure
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- plungeSudden steep descent
- lossesThings subtracted from standing
selloff · panic · devastation · wipeout · downturn · freefall · hemorrhaging · red ink
Eliminate unwanted elements
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- regimeSystem of governance
- crackdownSudden strict enforcement
retaliation · power struggle · faction · enemies · rivals · expulsion · firing · resignation
Victory over another
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- dominationSupreme authority held
crushing · humiliation · blowout · landslide · annihilation · shellacking · walloping · trouncing
massacre
Large-scale unlawful killing
gore · butchery · murder · atrocity · rampage · mayhem · death toll · bodies · victims · brutality
crash
Sudden violent impact
losses · selloff · panic · devastation · wipeout · downturn · freefall · hemorrhaging · red ink · liquidation
purge
Eliminate unwanted elements
crackdown · retaliation · power struggle · faction · enemies · rivals · expulsion · firing · resignation · shake-up
defeat
Victory over another
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- destructionAct of completely ruining
domination · crushing · humiliation · blowout · landslide · annihilation · shellacking · walloping · trouncing · demolition
- bear marketbearish, decline, downturn, correction, sell-off
- carnagemassacre, slaughter, butchery, carnage, gore
- Pyrrhic VictoriesPyrrhic victory, hollow victory, war of attrition, decimation
- trading slangbull, short, long, dip, pump
- violenceviolence, physical attack, brutality, physical violence, aggression
- bloodplasma, platelet, platelets, hemoglobin, RBC
bloodbathskirmish
Brief, limited combat
scuffle · brush · incident · confrontation · tussle
bloodbathrescue
Save from harm
salvation · deliverance · survival · preservation · safe passage