BLOODBATHS Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word bloodbaths. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BLOODBATHS
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annihilation | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • destruction by annihilating something • total destruction | ||||||||
butchery | nounn | |||||||
noun • a building where animals are butchered • the business of a butcher • the savage and excessive killing of many people | ||||||||
carnage | nounn | |||||||
noun • the savage and excessive killing of many people | ||||||||
decimation | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • destroying or killing a large part of the population | ||||||||
massacre | nounn | |||||||
noun • the savage and excessive killing of many people verb • kill a large number of people indiscriminately | ||||||||
slaughter | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the killing of animals (as for food) • a sound defeat • the savage and excessive killing of many people verb • kill (animals) usually for food consumption • kill a large number of people indiscriminately | ||||||||
battue | nounn | |||||||
noun • a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter • indiscriminate slaughter | ||||||||
bloodletting | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) • indiscriminate slaughter | ||||||||
bloodshed | nounn | |||||||
noun • the shedding of blood resulting in murder • indiscriminate slaughter |