bloodshed

Nouns

  • (n) the shedding of blood resulting in murder
    • he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen
    gore,
  • (n) indiscriminate slaughter
    • 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
    bloodbath, battue, bloodletting,

Synonyms

gore bloodbath battue bloodletting

Words of close approximity

bloodshot