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"text": "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.",
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"text": "22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/\nIn 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."
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"word": "రక్తపుటేరుల్ని"
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},
{
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"1": "da",
"2": "blodbad",
"t": "bloodbath"
},
"expansion": "Danish blodbad (“bloodbath”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "blodbad",
"t": "bloodbath"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål blodbad (“bloodbath”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "blodbad",
"t": "bloodbath"
},
"expansion": "Swedish blodbad (“bloodbath”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "blóðbad",
"t": "bloodbath"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic blóðbad (“bloodbath”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Coined in 1867, 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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bloodbaths",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "bloodbath (plural bloodbaths)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "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, 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",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/\nIn 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."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre."
],
"links": [
[
"Indiscriminate",
"indiscriminate"
],
[
"killing",
"killing"
],
[
"slaughter",
"slaughter"
],
[
"massacre",
"massacre"
]
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Sports"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1951, Tim Cohane, “Be Each, Pray God, a Gentlemen!”, in The Yale Football Story, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 93",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An aggressive or very violent contest or confrontation."
],
"links": [
[
"sports",
"sports"
],
[
"confrontation",
"confrontation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sports) An aggressive or very violent contest or confrontation."
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2022 October 16, Pippa Crerar, “Liz Truss fights for survival as even allies say she could have only days left”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Robert Halfon, a senior Tory backbencher, warned that a general election now would be a “bloodbath” for his party.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An upset (as of a game with unexpected results, or a national presidential convention) or heavy defeat."
],
"links": [
[
"upset",
"upset"
],
[
"unexpected",
"unexpected"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
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],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Business"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1989, “Richard Daley Wins Chicago Mayoral Race; Blacks Fail to Unite Behind Tim Evans”, in Robert E. Johnson, editor, Jet Magazine, volume 76, Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, National Report, page 9",
"text": "In an interview after the victory, Daley sought to assure Blacks that there would be no personnel bloodbath at City Hall.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A large financial loss or massive layoff brought about by negative economic conditions."
],
"links": [
[
"business",
"business"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, business) A large financial loss or massive layoff brought about by negative economic conditions."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"topics": [
"business"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
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"ref": "1834, “On Blood-Baths: An Historical Notice.”, in The London Medical Gazette; Being a Weekly Journal of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences, volume 13, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, page 813",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A bath taken in warm blood used as a restorative or medical treatment."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈblʌdˌbɑːθ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈblʌdˌbæθ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "blood bath"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "bloedbad"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "moordparty"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "maḏbaḥa",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مَذْبَحَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥammām damm",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَمَّام دَمّ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krǎvoprolitie",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кръвопролитие"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "klane",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "клане"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bany de sang"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "madugoong"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuèxǐ",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "血洗"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "大屠殺"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàtúshā",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "大屠杀"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "blodbad"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "blodbadet"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "bloedbad"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "masakro"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "samgoveršado"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "veresaun"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "blóðbað"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "verilöyly"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "bain de sang"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baño de sangue"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sisxlisɣvra",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "სისხლისღვრა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xocva-žleṭa",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "ხოცვა-ჟლეტა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Blutbad"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "loutró aímatos",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "λουτρό αίματος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "merkhatz-damym",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מרחץ-דמים"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "vérfürdő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "vérfürdőben"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "blóðbað"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "pembantaian"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bagno di sangue"
},
{
"alt": "だいぎゃくさつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "daigyakusatsu",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "大虐殺"
},
{
"alt": "にんじょうざた",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ninjōzata",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "刃傷沙汰"
},
{
"alt": "にんじょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ninjō",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "刃傷"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "raṇagole",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "ರಣಗೊಲೆ"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "raktasnāna",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "ರಕ್ತಸ್ನಾನ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qyzyl qyrğyn",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "қызыл қырғын"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kızıl kırgın",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кызыл кыргын"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "banju tad-demm"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "tārukenga"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "blodbad"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "blodbad"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kan",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "قان"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rzeź"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "krwawa łaźnia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "banho de sangue"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "baie de sânge"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "króvavaja bánja",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "кро́вавая ба́ня"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "bloodshed",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krovoprolítije",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "кровопроли́тие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "reznjá",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "резня́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baño de sangre"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "escabechina"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "umwagaji wa damu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "blodbad"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "irattakkaḷariyai",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "இரத்தக்களரியை"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "raktapuṭērulni",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "రక్తపుటేరుల్ని"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "kan banyosu"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kryváva bánja",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "крива́ва ба́ня"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "tắm máu"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "bladbat",
"sense": "indiscriminate killing or slaughter",
"word": "בלאַדבאַט"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "upset",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "massacre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "upset",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bain de sang"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "upset",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boucherie"
}
],
"word": "bloodbath"
}
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