bloodshed
noun
blood·shed
ˈbləd-ˌshed 
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Years of violence and bloodshed have left much of the country in ruins.
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But the bloodshed that unfolded March 6-10 in Latakia and Tartous represents a frightening escalation.
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Chris Massaro, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
Any bloodshed is almost always strictly in service of a joke.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
The resulting bloodshed brings the pair of goofy gendarmes into bewildered action, as the Zero cavalry trots in on short-legged white horses and Jony, Line, Rudy, and the local One leader, Jane (Anamaria Vartolomei), deploy on their respective sides.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
The bloodshed prompted an investigation by the ICC and a monthslong House of Representatives inquiry, as well as a separate Senate inquiry led by the cousin of the current president.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
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Chris Massaro, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
Any bloodshed is almost always strictly in service of a joke.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
The resulting bloodshed brings the pair of goofy gendarmes into bewildered action, as the Zero cavalry trots in on short-legged white horses and Jony, Line, Rudy, and the local One leader, Jane (Anamaria Vartolomei), deploy on their respective sides.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
The bloodshed prompted an investigation by the ICC and a monthslong House of Representatives inquiry, as well as a separate Senate inquiry led by the cousin of the current president.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bloodshed
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodshed. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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