bloodshed (noun)
31red cap — noun a) A kind of evil brownie or imp. 1999: J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban b) A breed of poultry. After boggarts, they studied Red Caps, nasty little goblinlike creatures that lurked where there had been bloodshed …
32aceldama — noun a) The potters field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his master, and therefore called the field of blood. , The system of warfare ... which had already converted immense tracts… …
33bloodlust — noun /ˈblʌdˌlʌst/ a) A desire for extreme violence and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture. b) The desire for bloodshed …
34blood — noun 1》 the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body. 2》 violence involving bloodshed. 3》 fiery or passionate temperament. 4》 family background; descent or lineage:… …
35flesh — noun 1》 the soft substance in the body consisting of muscle tissue and fat. 2》 the edible pulpy part of a fruit or vegetable. 3》 the surface of the human body (with reference to its appearance or sensory properties). 4》 (the flesh) the… …
36reign of terror — noun a period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular (Reign of Terror) the period of the Terror during the French Revolution …
37bloodletting — noun (U) 1 killing people; bloodshed: The violence was a foretaste of the bloodletting to come. 2 the medical practice in former times of treating people who were ill by removing some of their blood 3 the reduction of the number of people working …
38hostility — noun 1) he glared at her with hostility Syn: antagonism, unfriendliness, enmity, malevolence, malice, unkindness, rancor, venom, hatred, loathing; resentment, animosity, antipathy, acrimony, ill will, ill feeling; aggression …
39violence — noun 1) violence against women Syn: brutality, brute force, ferocity, savagery, cruelty, sadism, barbarity, brutishness 2) the protest ended in violence Syn: fighting, fights, bloodshed …
40warfare — noun neither side seems ready to end this warfare Syn: fighting, war, combat, conflict, (military) action, hostilities; bloodshed, battles, skirmishes …
