bloodshed, n.
(bloodsheds)
freq. cnt. 2
(bloodsheds)
freq. cnt. 2
the shedding of blood resulting in murder
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
bloodshed gore
sample sentences
"he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
indiscriminate slaughter
<noun.act>
battue bloodbath bloodletting bloodshed
sample sentences
"a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered""ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"
"the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"
"a huge prison battue was ordered"
semantic pointers
hypernym