Definitions for bloodshed
ˈblʌdˌʃɛdblood·shed

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bloodshed, gore(noun)

   the shedding of blood resulting in murder

   "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"

2. bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue(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"

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1. bloodshed(Noun)

   The shedding or spilling of blood.

2. bloodshed(Noun)

   A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.

3. bloodshed(Noun)

   The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.

4. bloodshed(Noun)

   A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bloodshed(noun)

   the shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bloodshed in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bloodshed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of bloodshed in a Sentence

1. Jacob Zuma:

   It would have been impossible to disarm and disperse the strikers without significant bloodshed.

2. Ryan Mauro:

   Within Ramadan, the date when The ISIS ' declared The ISIS ' Islamic State caliphate is easily the most significant, that is the day that an The ISIS ' supporter is most likely to want to honor with bloodshed.

3. Orson Welles:

   In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

4. Masoud Barzani:

   We have proved that we are factors of stability, so what we do through a referendum is prevent that upcoming instability. We want to cut any possibility of bloodshed in the future.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   Every incident where people are violating the law and potentially posing a threat to law enforcement and civilians has to be approached very carefully, i think that the federal and local law enforcement officials are very carefully trying to manage this so it doesn't result in bloodshed.

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