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Substantiivit
- Indiscriminate killing or slaughter, a massacre.
- (sports) An aggressive or very violent contest or confrontation.
- (figuratively) An upset (as of a game with unexpected results) 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.
Esimerkit
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- In an interview after the victory, Daley sought to assure Blacks that there would be no personnel bloodbath at City Hall.
- 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.
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