Bloodshed
['blʌdʃed] or ['blʌdʃɛd]
Definition
(noun.) the shedding of blood resulting in murder; 'he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen'.
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Definition
(n.) The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Slaughter, carnage, butchery, massacre, murder.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Slaughter, massacre, carnage, butchery
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Examples
- It signifies, he intimated, bloodshed and civil conflict. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The first bloodshed occurred at Londonderry in August, 1913. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What Jesus preached was a new birth of the human soul; what Paul preached was the ancient religion of priest and altar and propitiatory bloodshed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There would have been scenes of riot and bloodshed there that no pen could describe. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Rumors of war and bloodshed were flying every where. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was obsessed with horror of wanton bloodshed and with indignation at the insolence of armed injustice. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Fortunately there was no bloodshed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- After all, our little piratical excursions are very innocent—no bloodshed—no violence—no burning of houses; we—we only levy toll, so to speak. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I see that efficient preparation and a resolute attitude are the best means of averting bloodshed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If that coercive power were entirely taken away, they would probably soon break out into open violence and bloodshed. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The President especially was rejoiced that Knoxville had been relieved (*18) without further bloodshed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You may thereby be the happy instrument of great good to the nation, and of preventing much mischief and bloodshed. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Is it like cudgel playing or other sportful forms of bloodshed? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Their destruction was accomplished without bloodshed and tended to the same result as the destruction of armies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We are not soldiers--bloodshed is not my desire--or if we are, we are soldiers of the Cross. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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