bloodshed (noun)
11bloodshed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. killing, slaughter. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slaughter, butchery, gore, killing; see battle 2 , carnage , murder . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. bloodletting, slaughter, massacre, carnage, gore,… …
12bloodshed — [ˈblʌdˌʃed] noun [U] a situation in which people are killed or injured in fighting …
13bloodshed — /ˈblʌdʃɛd / (say bludshed) noun destruction of life; slaughter …
14bloodbath — noun 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 • Syn …
15bloodletting — noun 1. formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) • Topics: ↑Middle Ages, ↑Dark Ages, ↑medicine, ↑medical specialty • Hypernyms: ↑medical care, ↑medical aid …
16blood vengeance — noun : vengeance for bloodshed requiring bloodshed in return compare blood feud * * * blood vengeance, = blood revenge. (Cf. ↑blood revenge) …
17blood sport — noun sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) • Hypernyms: ↑sport, ↑athletics • Hyponyms: ↑bullfighting, ↑tauromachy, ↑cockfighting, ↑hunt, ↑hunting * * * …
18blood feud — noun a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other • Syn: ↑vendetta • Hypernyms: ↑feud * * * noun : a feud between the members of different clans or families arising out of a crime of violence (as a killing) committed by a… …
19hostilities — noun fighting; acts of overt warfare the outbreak of hostilities • Syn: ↑belligerency • Derivationally related forms: ↑belligerent (for: ↑belligerency), ↑hostile …
20bloodguilt — noun Date: 1533 guilt resulting from bloodshed • bloodguiltiness noun • bloodguilty adjective …
