Bloodshed
destruction of life, as in war or murder; slaughter.
the shedding of blood by injury, wound, etc.
Contemporary Examples
Egypt on the Brink Sophia Jones July 24, 2013
Back to Afghanistan Magsie Hamilton-Little October 5, 2011
The Office Raptor, Morgan Freeman Defines ‘Twerking,’ & More Viral Videos The Daily Beast Video August 30, 2013
Blood, Faith and Fatalism in Divided Ukraine Anna Nemtsova April 20, 2014
Obama’s Greatest Failure Peter Beinart August 13, 2013
Historical Examples
Jacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience James A. Little
A Hero of Our Time M. Y. Lermontov
Cheshire Charles E. Kelsey
The Treasure Trail Marah Ellis Ryan
History of the Girondists, Volume I Alphonse de Lamartine
noun
slaughter; killing
n.
Read Also:
- Bloodshot
(of the eyes) red because of dilated blood vessels. Contemporary Examples Laws Gone Wild: As Teen Sweethearts Go to Prison for Sex, Mothers Rebel Abigail Pesta January 24, 2012 Historical Examples The Rich Little Poor Boy Eleanor Gates The Black Bag Louis Joseph Vance Castle Richmond Anthony Trollope The Scapegoat Hall Caine The Mesmerist’s Victim […]
- Blood-spavin
See under spavin (def 1). a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin) an excrescence or enlargement so formed. noun (vet science) enlargement of the hock of a horse by a bony growth (bony […]
- Blood-sport
any sport involving killing or the shedding of blood, as bullfighting, cockfighting, or hunting. noun any sport involving the killing of an animal, esp hunting
- Bloodstain
a spot or stain made by blood. Historical Examples The Gray Phantom’s Return Herman Landon The Valley of Fear Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea Heart of Man George Edward Woodberry The Flying Stingaree Harold Leland Goodwin Captain Fracasse Theophile Gautier Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with […]
- Bloodstained
stained with blood: a bloodstained knife. guilty of murder, slaughter, or bloodshed. Contemporary Examples Bruce Davidson’s True Grit Philip Gefter November 4, 2009 Lord Lucan May Be Alive and in Africa, Says Brother Tom Sykes February 24, 2012 Jackie O’s Dark Side Eleanor Clift September 12, 2011 Inside the Gaza Schoolyard Massacre Jesse Rosenfeld July […]