Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The shedding of blood, especially the injury or killing of people.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; destruction of life: as, “deadly bloodshed,”
- noun The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
- noun A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
shedding orspilling ofblood . - noun A
slaughter ;destruction of life, notably on a large scale. - noun obsolete The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of
Christ . - noun obsolete A
bloodshot condition or appearance; aneffusion of blood in theeye .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the shedding of blood resulting in murder
- noun indiscriminate slaughter
Etymologies
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Examples
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An _arrière pensée_ should lie hidden in all minds -- a holy reserve as to cases which _may_ arise similar to such as HAVE arisen, where a merciful bloodshed [Footnote: "_Merciful bloodshed_" -- In reading either the later religious wars of the
Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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An _arrière pensée_ should lie hidden in all minds -- a holy reserve as to cases which _may_ arise similar to such as HAVE arisen, where a merciful bloodshed [Footnote: "_Merciful bloodshed_" -- In reading either the later religious wars of the
Memorials and Other Papers — Complete Thomas De Quincey 1822
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Continued bloodshed is taking place in the markets with yet another bank, the Silver Falls Bank of Silverton, Oregon, failing last Friday and no doubt another or eight will be thrown on the bon fire tonight when the FDIC Ninjas descend.
New Silver Bugs and other stuff. Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2009
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"In Yemen, the tribe comes first, and once tribal blood starts to spill, the bloodshed is hard to stop."
Tribal Ties Impede Yemen's War on al Qaeda Margaret Coker 2010
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During her opening remarks she called the "bloodshed completely unacceptable."
World leaders, U.S. political heavyweights react to unrest in Libya 2011
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It will end in bloodshed and death, in a grand finale where shots will be fired.
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Therefore it seems that a showdown and perhaps bloodshed is unavoidable, to be recorded by the international press teams aboard the “Freedom Flotilla.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed 2010
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Continued bloodshed is taking place in the markets with yet another bank, the Silver Falls Bank of Silverton, Oregon, failing last Friday and no doubt another or eight will be thrown on the bon fire tonight when the FDIC Ninjas descend.
Archive 2009-02-22 Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2009
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And they stick to the idea that bloodshed is needed to achieve something good.
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It will end in bloodshed and death, in a grand finale where shots will be fired.
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