bloodshed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the shedding of blood resulting in murder
    gore.
    • he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen
  2. noun indiscriminate slaughter
    battue; bloodbath; bloodletting.
    • 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

WordNet

Blood"shed` noun
Etymology
Blood + shed
Definitions
  1. The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.

Webster 1913