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bloodbath
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blood·bath also blood bath  (bldbth, -bäth)
n.
Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre.
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Noun1.bloodbath - indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"
battue, bloodletting, bloodshed
carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter, butchery - the savage and excessive killing of many people
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bloodbath [ˈblʌdbɑːθ] N (bloodbaths (pl)) [ˈblʌdbɑːðz] → carnicería f, baño m de sangre


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