bloodbath

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Coined in 1867. Compound of blood and bath, the latter used to refer in the metaphorical sense to a deluge of a thing.

[edit] Noun

Singular
bloodbath

Plural
bloodbaths

bloodbath (plural bloodbaths)

  1. Indiscriminate killing or slaughter.

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