bloodshed

[ bluhd-shed ]

noun

1. destruction of life, as in war or murder; slaughter.
2. the shedding shed of blood by injury, wound, etc.

bloodshed

/ ˈblʌdˌʃɛd /

noun

1. slaughter; killing

Word History and Origins

Origin of bloodshed¹

blood + shed ²

Example Sentences

While it may be hard to find some R&R with all the ongoing bloodshed, there are moments of peace to be found in Ancient Greece.

From Washington Post

Fights over territory and control of gambling profits often erupted into bombings and bloodshed.

From ProPublica

Human rights activists say Facebook’s inaction allowed the military to whip up hate against the Rohingya and lay the groundwork for the bloodshed, which was generally accepted, and even praised, by many in Myanmar.

From Washington Post

León, who was featured in the PBS American Masters series, wrote of the love, bloodshed and poetry she found surviving New York’s foster care system while navigating complex issues of race, gender and sexual trauma.

From Washington Blade

In both works, the flawed relationship between creator and creature drives the plot, and in both cases, the conflict ends in bloodshed.

From Popular-Science

Or will we simply see more senseless bloodshed and another generation of Palestinians defer their dreams of a homeland?

From The Daily Beast

The cop reholsters his gun, and it seems to have ended with no further bloodshed as he moves to retrieve the knife.

From The Daily Beast

True anarchism,” he wrote in 1940, “never justifies bloodshed.

From The Daily Beast

Since then, according to the United Nations, around 300 people have been killed in the bloodshed.

From The Daily Beast

The site posted a “sex tape” starring Alyssa Milano that was actually all about the bloodshed in Syria.

From The Daily Beast

At that moment the crime and inefficacy of bloodshed, in avenging injuries like his, or any injuries, struck upon his soul.

From Project Gutenberg

The squabbles between the armed natives and their leaders, however, were several times on the point of producing bloodshed.

From Project Gutenberg

The motive of this harmless ruse was to bolster up Spanish prestige and thereby avoid bloodshed.

From Project Gutenberg

Amid the perpetration of much bloodshed and tyranny, Christianity has certainly achieved some good.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus was a most important revolution brought about without bloodshed, and almost without disturbance.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bloodbath
• bloodletting
• carnage
• fighting
• killing
• massacre
• murder