The police wanted to avoid a bloodbath.
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Bloodbath
//ˈblʌdˌbæθ//
Synonyms for "bloodbath" (48 found)
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64 translations across 44 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- bloedbad noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- moordparty noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Arabic
2 entries- حَمَّام دَمّ noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- مَذْبَحَة noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Bulgarian
2 entries- клане noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- кръвопролитие noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Catalan
1 entries- bany de sang noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Cebuano
1 entries- madugoong noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 大屠殺 /大屠杀 noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- 血洗 noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Danish
2 entries- blodbad noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- blodbadet noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Dutch
1 entries- bloedbad noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Esperanto
2 entries- masakro noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- samgoveršado noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Estonian
1 entries- veresaun noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Faroese
1 entries- blóðbað noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Finnish
1 entries- verilöyly noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
French
4 entries- bain de sang noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- bain de sang noun (upset)
- boucherie noun (upset)
- massacre noun (upset)
Galician
1 entries- baño de sangue noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Georgian
2 entries- სისხლისღვრა noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- ხოცვა-ჟლეტა noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
German
1 entries- Blutbad noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Greek
1 entries- λουτρό αίματος noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Hebrew
1 entries- מרחץ־דמים noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Hungarian
2 entries- vérfürdő noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- vérfürdőben noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Icelandic
1 entries- blóðbað noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Indonesian
1 entries- pembantaian noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Italian
1 entries- bagno di sangue noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Japanese
3 entries- 刃傷 noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- 刃傷沙汰 noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- 大虐殺 noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Kannada
2 entries- ರಕ್ತಸ್ನಾನ noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- ರಣಗೊಲೆ noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Kazakh
1 entries- қызыл қырғын noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кызыл кыргын noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Maltese
1 entries- banju tad-demm noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Māori
1 entries- tārukenga noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- blodbad noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- blodbad noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قان noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Polish
4 entries- krwawa łaźnia noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- masakra noun (upset)
- rzeź noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- rzeź noun (upset)
Portuguese
1 entries- banho de sangue noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Romanian
1 entries- baie de sânge noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Russian
3 entries- кро́вавая ба́ня noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- кровопроли́тие noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- резня́ noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Spanish
2 entries- baño de sangre noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
- escabechina noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Swahili
1 entries- umwagaji wa damu noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Swedish
1 entries- blodbad noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Tamil
1 entries- இரத்தக்களரியை noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Telugu
1 entries- రక్తపుటేరుల్ని noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Turkish
1 entries- kan banyosu noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Ukrainian
1 entries- крива́ва ба́ня noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tắm máu noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Yiddish
1 entries- בלאַדבאַט noun (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Nature seems peaceful, but it is actually a perpetual bloodbath of animals dying in horrific ways.
Source: tatoeba (6149722)
It is still unclear who is responsible for this atrocious bloodbath.
Source: tatoeba (8958411)
We hope to avoid a bloodbath.
Source: tatoeba (9799365)
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