After some discussion on mathoverflow, I think (x*y)^2=0 is not a bug, because
x^2*y^2=x^2*(3*y)2-2*y^2*(2*x)^2

Not sure if the small print of Ideal.reduce() covers:
sage: ((x*y)^2).reduce(Ideal([(2*x)^2,(3*y)^2]))
x^2*y^2

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