0 an extremely violent event in which a large number of people are killed:
Is there nothing that the outside world can do to prevent a bloodbath?
Any major confrontation with security forces would be likely to end in a bloodbath.
The government seem determined to continue in the face of an electoral bloodbath.
We know there will be a bloodbath of job cuts in January and February.
1 the killing of a great number of people
He claims the region is too unstable and if troops are pulled out there would be a bloodbath.
The revolution quickly descended into a bloodbath.
If you think the layoffs you've seen today are large, it's going to be a bloodbath in Detroit and in the Midwest.
There was a bloodbath on equity markets today as investors worry about the state of Europe's finances.
She warns an economic bloodbath awaits unless the Bank acts quickly to cut rates.
