About The Word Bloodshed

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Bloodshed

Bloodshed Meaning & Definition
Bloodshed Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bloodshed?

[n] the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the blood of his kinsmen"
[n] indiscriminate slaughter

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bloodshed: battue | blood | bloodbath | bloodletting | gore

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bloodshed: all-out war | appeal to arms | armed combat | armed conflict | attack | bane | battle | belligerence | belligerency | blood | bloodbath | bloodletting | braining | butchery | carnage | combat | dealing death | destruction | destruction of life | dispatch | euthanasia | execution | extermination | fighting | flow of blood | genocide | gore | hostilities | hot war | immolation | kill | killing | la guerre | lapidation | martyrdom | martyrization | mercy killing | might of arms | military operations | murder | open hostilities | open war | poisoning | resort to arms | ritual killing | ritual murder | sacrifice | shooting | shooting war | slaughter | slaying | state of war | stoning | taking of life | the sword | total war | violence | war | warfare | warmaking | warring | wartime

See Also | butchery | carnage | execution | homicide | mass murder | massacre | murder | slaughter | slaying

Bloodshed In Webster's Dictionary

\Blood"shed`\, n. [Blood + shed] The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.

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