shed blood

Idioms and Phrases

Also, spill blood . Wound or kill someone, especially violently. For example, It was a bitter fight but fortunately no blood was shed , or A great deal of blood has been spilled in this family feud . Both of these terms allude to causing blood to flow and fall on the ground. The first dates from the 1200s. The variant amplifies the verb spill , which from about 1300 to 1600 by itself meant “slay” or “kill”; it was first recorded about 1125.

Example Sentences

He said he hoped their “shed blood [would] act as a seed of hope in order to build authentic brotherhood among peoples.”

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I wont shed blood; its always found out, and haunts a man besides.

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And I will judge thee as adulteresses, and they that shed blood are judged: and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

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Behold the princes of Israel, every one hath employed his arm in thee to shed blood.

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They must not, however, in any case shed blood, and dare only make away with their victim by strangling.

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Men or tigers, sphex or carabes are under the same necessity: to kill or to die, or to shed blood or eat grass.

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