“bloodshed”

Definitions

• noun

  the shedding of blood resulting in murder

  Synonyms: gore, attack, bane, battle, belligerence, belligerency, blood, bloodbath, bloodletting, braining, butchery, carnage

  • Example:“He avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen.”

• noun

  indiscriminate slaughter

  Synonyms: bloodbath, bloodletting, battue

  • Example:“A bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered.”
  • Example:“Ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name.”