See also: blood bath
Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Etymology
- 1.3 Pronunciation
- 1.4 Noun
- 1.4.1 Translations
English
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Alternative forms
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- blood bath
From blood + bath, the latter used referring to a metaphorical deluge. Compare West Frisian bloedbad (“bloodbath”), Dutch bloedbad (“bloodbath”), German Blutbad (“bloodbath”), Danish blodbad (“bloodbath”), Norwegian Bokmål blodbad (“bloodbath”), Swedish blodbad (“bloodbath”), Icelandic blóðbad (“bloodbath”).
Pronunciation
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- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈblʌdˌbɑːθ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈblʌdˌbæθ/
Noun
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bloodbath (plural bloodbaths)
- Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.
1814, Robert Jamieson, “Stark Tiderich and Olger Danske”, in Illustrations of northern antiquities, from the earlier Tentonie and Scandinavian romances: being an abstract of the Book of heroes, and Nibelungen lay; with translation of metrical tales, from the Old German, Danish, Swedish, and Icelandie languages; with notes and dissertations[1], Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co., translation of Kæmpe Viser, Popular Heroic and Romantic Ballads, translated from the Northern Languages, with Notes and Illustrations, page 272:
There lay the steed; here lay the man; Gude friends that day did twin: They leuch na a' to the feast that cam Whan the het bluid-bath was done.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[2]
- 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.
- (sports) An aggressive or very violent contest or confrontation.
1951, Tim Cohane, “Be Each, Pray God, a Gentlemen!”, in The Yale Football Story[3], New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 93:
Although the Hampden Park blood bath of '94 caused Yale and Harvard to break off football relations for the next two years, they kept close watch on each other.
- (figuratively) An upset (as of a game with unexpected results, or a national presidential convention) or heavy defeat.
2022 October 16, Pippa Crerar, “Liz Truss fights for survival as even allies say she could have only days left”, in The Guardian[4]:
Robert Halfon, a senior Tory backbencher, warned that a general election now would be a “bloodbath” for his party.
- (figuratively, business) A large financial loss or massive layoff brought about by negative economic conditions.
1989, “Richard Daley Wins Chicago Mayoral Race; Blacks Fail to Unite Behind Tim Evans”, in Robert E. Johnson, editor, Jet Magazine[5], volume 76, Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, National Report, page 9:
In an interview after the victory, Daley sought to assure Blacks that there would be no personnel bloodbath at City Hall.
- A bath taken in warm blood used as a restorative or medical treatment.
1834, “On Blood-Baths: An Historical Notice.”, in The London Medical Gazette; Being a Weekly Journal of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences[6], volume 13, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, page 813:
On Blood-Baths: An Historical Notice. By Dr. Hecker. According to a dark tradition which is incidentally mentioned by Pliny, the ancient kings of Egypt used to bathe in human blood when they were seized with leprosy.
Translations
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indiscriminate killing or slaughter
- Afrikaans: bloedbad, moordparty
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: مَذْبَحَةf (maḏbaḥa), حَمَّام دَمّm (ḥammām damm)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: кръвопролитие(bg)n (krǎvoprolitie), клане(bg)n (klane)
- Catalan: bany de sangm
- Cebuano: madugoong
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 血洗(zh) (xuèxǐ), 大屠殺/大屠杀(zh) (dàtúshā)
- Danish: blodbad(da)n, blodbadet
- Dutch: bloedbad(nl)
- Esperanto: masakro,samgoveršado
- Estonian: veresaun(et)
- Faroese: blóðbaðn
- Finnish: verilöyly(fi)
- French: bain de sang(fr)
- Galician: baño de sanguem
- Georgian: სისხლისღვრა (sisxlisɣvra), ხოცვა-ჟლეტა (xocva-žleṭa)
- German: Blutbad(de)n
- Greek: λουτρό αίματοςn (loutró aímatos)
- Hebrew: מרחץ-דמיםm (merkhatz-damym)
- Hungarian: vérfürdő(hu), vérfürdőben
- Icelandic: blóðbað(is)n
- Indonesian: pembantaian(id)
- Italian: bagno di sanguem
- Japanese: 大虐殺(ja) (だいぎゃくさつ, daigyakusatsu), 刃傷沙汰(ja) (にんじょうざた, ninjōzata), 刃傷(ja) (にんじょう, ninjō)
- Kannada: ರಣಗೊಲೆ(kn) (raṇagole), ರಕ್ತಸ್ನಾನ (raktasnāna)
- Kazakh: қызыл қырғын (qyzyl qyrğyn)
- Kyrgyz: кызыл кыргын(ky)f (kızıl kırgın)
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Maltese: banju tad-demm
- Maori: tārukenga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: blodbad(no)n
- Nynorsk: blodbadn
- Ottoman Turkish: قان (kan)
- Polish: rzeź(pl)f, krwawa łaźniaf
- Portuguese: banho de sanguem
- Romanian: baie de sânge
- Russian: кро́вавая ба́ня(ru)f (króvavaja bánja), (bloodshed) кровопроли́тие(ru) (krovoprolítije), резня́(ru)f (reznjá)
- Slovak: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: baño de sangrem, escabechina(es)
- Swahili: umwagaji wa damu
- Swedish: blodbad(sv)
- Tamil: இரத்தக்களரியை (irattakkaḷariyai)
- Telugu: రక్తపుటేరుల్ని (raktapuṭērulni)
- Turkish: kan banyosu
- Ukrainian: крива́ва ба́ня(uk)f (kryváva bánja)
- Vietnamese: tắm máu
- Yiddish: בלאַדבאַט (bladbat)
upset
- French: massacre(fr)m, bain de sang(fr)m, boucherie(fr)f
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