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English noun: bloodshed | |||
| 1. | bloodshed (act) the shedding of blood resulting in murder | ||
| Samples | He avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen. | ||
| Synonyms | gore | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | execution, murder, slaying | ||
| 2. | bloodshed (act) indiscriminate slaughter | ||
| Samples | A bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered. Ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name. The valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder. A huge prison battue was ordered. | ||
| Synonyms | battue, bloodbath, bloodletting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter | ||
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