bloodbath
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Etymology [edit]
Coined in 1867. Compound of blood and bath, the latter used to refer in the metaphorical sense to a deluge of a thing.
Noun [edit]
bloodbath (plural bloodbaths)
- Indiscriminate killing or slaughter.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- (figuratively) An upset (as of a game with unexpected results.)
Translations [edit]
indiscriminate killing or slaughter
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