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Definitions for: Bloodshed
[n] the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the blood of his kinsmen"
[n] indiscriminate slaughter
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: battue, blood, bloodbath, bloodletting, gore
See Also: butchery, carnage, execution, homicide, mass murder, massacre, murder, slaughter, slaying
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