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BLOODSHED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The shedding of blood resulting in murder
Example:
he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen
Synonyms:
bloodshed; gore
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bloodshed" is a kind of...):
execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Indiscriminate slaughter
Example:
a huge prison battue was ordered
Synonyms:
battue; bloodbath; bloodletting; bloodshed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bloodshed" is a kind of...):
butchery; carnage; mass murder; massacre; slaughter (the savage and excessive killing of many people)
