bloodshed
a very bad situation in which a lot of harm or damage is caused:
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.
He claims the region is too unstable and if troops are pulled out there would be a bloodbath.
A war between local drugs gangs ended in 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.
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bloodbath | American Dictionary
bloodbath
noun[ C ]
us/ˈblʌdˌbæθ/
the killing of a great number of people