as in massacre
the killing of a large number of people
one side was so much better armed that the battle quickly turned into a bloodbath
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On Monday, Hall was already back in New York and ready to celebrate the news — which is all the more a victory after seeing a bloodbath this year in daytime (where things have gotten so rough that NBCUniversal pulled out of first-run syndication entirely).
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Getting backed down by Dončić was only one piece of an embarrassing bloodbath for the Bulls that highlighted every facet of this team’s defensive deficiencies.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Now, as the New York Times reports, US officials have confirmed that a US military Tomahawk missile strike was indeed responsible for the bloodbath at the school.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 Mar. 2026
Software rallied after last month’s bloodbath.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Getting backed down by Dončić was only one piece of an embarrassing bloodbath for the Bulls that highlighted every facet of this team’s defensive deficiencies.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Now, as the New York Times reports, US officials have confirmed that a US military Tomahawk missile strike was indeed responsible for the bloodbath at the school.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 Mar. 2026
Software rallied after last month’s bloodbath.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
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Noun
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Infowars is facing liquidation because of the more than $1 billion in defamation lawsuit judgments Jones owes relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for calling the massacre a hoax.—
Jim Vertuno,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Valente began plotting the Brown University massacre as early as 2022, renting a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, to stash his weapons.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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But Serkis prefers his Trojan horse without the slaughter.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Peace journalism is a form of news reporting by which reporters frame their stories in ways that facilitate nonviolent responses to conflict, for example, by avoiding inflammatory words such as massacre, slaughter, or brutal.—
Karen McIntyre,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Bloodbath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodbath. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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