Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bloodshed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bloodshed
n 1: the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the
blood of his kinsmen" [syn: {blood}, {gore}]
2: indiscriminate slaughter [syn: {bloodbath}, {bloodletting},
{battue}]
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