bloodbath
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈblʌdˌbæθ/
bloodbath (plural bloodbaths)
- Indiscriminate killing or slaughter, a massacre.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
- 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[http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
- (sports) An aggressive or very violent contest or confrontation.
- (figuratively) An upset (as of a game with unexpected results, or a national presidential convention) or heavy defeat.
- (figuratively, business) A large financial loss or massive layoff brought about by negative economic conditions.
- A bath taken in warm blood used as a restorative or medical treatment.
- French: bain de sang
- German: Blutbad
- Italian: bagno di sangue
- Portuguese: banho de sangue
- Russian: кро́вавая ба́ня
- Spanish: baño de sangre, escabechina
- French: massacre, bain de sang, boucherie
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