'Bloodshed' definitions:
Definition of 'bloodshed'
(from WordNet)
noun
The shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen" [syn: bloodshed, gore]
noun
Indiscriminate slaughter; "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" [syn: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue]
Definition of 'Bloodshed'
From: GCIDE
- Bloodshed \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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bloodshed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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