bloodbath

FEARS of a bloodbath in the besieged northern Afghan city of Kunduz were heightened today after a surrender deal between the Taliban and Northern Alliance fell through.

As chair of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, I've watched the latest round of financial bloodbaths with dread.

Without a doubt, Martha had a way with blood, a certain deliberate taste for tragedy, and those Greek bloodbaths proved catnip to a choreographer who could always see the skull beneath the skin.

I've personally seen the results - we get complaints all the time'' about bird baths becoming bloodbaths and bird feeders becoming cat feeders, he said.

In the first of many bloodbaths, Andy is bitten and Brad nearly devoured by werewolves.