bloodbaths
Scenes of carnage
Bloodbaths is the plural of bloodbath—a massacre or slaughter involving extensive killing: The invasion turned into a bloodbath.
Figuratively, a bloodbath is any situation causing widespread destruction or loss: The stock market bloodbath wiped out retirement savings.
The word emphasizes scale and brutality.
Large-scale unlawful killing
- slaughterKilling for meat
- carnageWidespread violent death
- killingCausing death deliberately
- butcherySavage killing
atrocity · genocide · pogrom · mass murder · ethnic cleansing · rampage · purge · annihilation
Overwhelming one-sided victory
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- blowoutSudden tire failure
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
humiliation · crushing defeat · landslide · wipeout · domination · obliteration · shellacking · drubbing
Sudden violent impact
- collapseSudden structural failure
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- selloffMass asset liquidation
wipeout · market crash · plunge · freefall · panic selling · losses · devastation · stock collapse
Eliminate unwanted elements
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- power struggleContest for dominance
regime change · crackdown · repression · civil war · factional · assassination · overthrow · rebellion
massacre
Large-scale unlawful killing
butchery · atrocity · genocide · pogrom · mass murder · ethnic cleansing · rampage · purge · annihilation · extermination
rout
Overwhelming one-sided victory
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- blowoutSudden tire failure
annihilation · humiliation · crushing defeat · landslide · wipeout · domination · obliteration · shellacking · drubbing · trouncing
crash
Sudden violent impact
- collapseSudden structural failure
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
selloff · wipeout · market crash · plunge · freefall · panic selling · losses · devastation · stock collapse · correction
purge
Eliminate unwanted elements
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
power struggle · regime change · crackdown · repression · civil war · factional · assassination · overthrow · rebellion · insurgency
bloodbathspeace
Freedom from disturbance
peacetime · harmony · tranquility · ceasefire · armistice
bloodbathspeace
Freedom from disturbance
diplomatic solutions · peace accords · truces · reconciliations · ceasefires