Synonyms for bloodshed
ˈblʌdˌʃɛdblood·shed

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1. bloodshednoun

   Synonyms:
   carnage, bloodbath, bloodletting

2. bloodshednoun

   The shedding or spilling of blood.

   Synonyms:
   carnage, bloodletting, bloodbath

3. bloodshednoun

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

   Synonyms:
   carnage, bloodletting, bloodbath

4. bloodshednoun

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

   Synonyms:
   carnage, bloodbath, bloodletting

5. bloodshednoun

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

   Synonyms:
   bloodletting, carnage, bloodbath

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1. bloodshed

   Synonyms:
   slaughter, massacre, carnage, butchery

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1. bloodshed, gorenoun

   the shedding of blood resulting in murder

   "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"

   Synonyms:
   battue, bloodletting, bloodbath, gore, panel

2. bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battuenoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   battue, bloodletting, gore, bloodbath

Matched Categories

1. • Murder
   • Slaughter

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1. bloodshednoun

   Synonyms:
   slaughter, carnage, butchery, massacre, murder

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1. bloodshednoun

   Synonyms:
   carnage, massacre, slaughter, bloodshedding

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1. List of paraphrases for "bloodshed":

   bloodbath, bloodletting, blood, bloody, carnage, bleeding

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1. Roman Sheremeta:

   In most democracies and with people around the world, they fight for their democracy, and there’s a lot of bloodshed, ukraine in 1991, didn't have that. We were handed that for free … I think to a certain extent, we did not know what to do with democracy because it was handed to us. And so because of that, we made a lot of mistakes as a country.

2. Roman Lyagin:

   It's the opposite. I do my best to stop the bloodshed.

3. Monica McNeal:

   In my emotions, I have a hard time describing, because some parts of me I’m angry, i don’t want to think all of the bloodshed and the deaths we're for no good reason.

4. Hasan Akhund:

   The stage of bloodshed, killing and contempt for people in Afghanistan has ended, and we have paid dearly for this.

5. Barack Obama:

   The United States is prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the conflict, but we must recognize that there cannot be, after so much bloodshed, so much carnage, a return to the prewar status quo.