Definitions of Bloodshed [ˈblʌdˌʃɛd]

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Definition of 'Bloodshed'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bloodshed
destruction of life, as in war or murder; slaughter.

2. bloodshed
the shedding of blood.

Etymology: (1400–50)

Definition of 'Bloodshed'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) bloodshed, gore
the shedding of blood resulting in murder
"he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"

2. (noun) bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue
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"

Definition of 'Bloodshed'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Bloodshed
the shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder

Translation of 'Bloodshed'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: deaths or shedding of blood There was much bloodshed in the battle.
Afrikaans: bloedstorting	Arabic: سَفْكُ / إراقَةُ دِماء	Bulgarian: кръвопролитие
Brazilian: derramamento de sangue	Czech: krveprolití	German: das Blutvergießen
Danish: blodsudgydelse	Greek: αιματοχυσία	Spanish: derramamiento/efusión de
Estonian: veresaun	Farsi: خون ریزی؛ آدم کشی	Finnish: verenvuodatus
French: effusion de sang	Hebrew: שפִיכוּת דָמִים	Hindi: खूनखराबा
Croatian: krvoproliće	Hungarian: vérontás	Indonesian: pertumpahan darah
Icelandic: blóðsúthelling	Italian: spargimento di sangue	Japanese: 流血の
Korean: 유혈 참사	Lithuanian: kraujo praliejimas	Latvian: asinsizliešana
Malay: kematian	Dutch: bloedvergieten	Norwegian: dødsfall som resultat av
Polish: rozlew krwi	Persian: خون ریزی؛ آدم کشی	Pashto: وینه تلل، سړی وژل
Portuguese: derramamento de sangue	Romanian: vărsare de sânge	Russian: кровопролитие
Slovak: krvipreliatie	Slovenian: prelivanje krvi	Serbian: krvoproliće
Swedish: blodspillan	Thai: การฆ่าฟัน; การนองเลือด	Turkish: kan dökme
Taiwanese: 流血，傷亡	Ukrainian: кровопролиття	Urdu: قتل و غارت
Vietnamese: cuộc đổ máu	Chinese: 流血
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