bloodshed

bloodshed
Synonyms and related words:
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

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bloodshed — index dispatch (act of putting to death), fight (battle), outbreak Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • bloodshed — ► NOUN ▪ the killing or wounding of people …   English terms dictionary

  • bloodshed — [blud′shed΄] n. the shedding of blood; killing …   English World dictionary

  • bloodshed — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ further ▪ massive, widespread ▪ little ▪ Their aims were achieved quickly and with relatively little bloodshed. ▪ unnecessary …   Collocations dictionary

  • bloodshed — [[t]blʌ̱dʃed[/t]] N UNCOUNT Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded. The government must increase the pace of reforms to avoid further bloodshed …   English dictionary

  • bloodshed — blood|shed [ˈblʌdʃed] n [U] the killing of people, usually in fighting or war ▪ diplomacy aimed at stopping further bloodshed …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bloodshed — blood|shed [ blʌd,ʃed ] noun uncount a situation in which people are killed or injured, especially during fighting: A ceasefire was called in an attempt to prevent further bloodshed …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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