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. Rosemary DiCarlo:

   Nearly two weeks on, it is painfully clear that those suffering the most after Russia's invasion of Ukraine are civilians - killed, wounded, displaced. This war is senseless, we are ready to support all good-faith efforts at negotiation to end the bloodshed.

2. John Brown, last words in a written note given to his jailer, Dec. 2, 1859:

   I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that, without very much bloodshed, it might be done.

3. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   But there's no alternative to a peaceful settlement of the conflict, all conditions have to be created for the soonest end of the bloodshed and for an inter-Syrian political dialogue in the future with participation of all constructive political forces.

4. Azamat Uldarov:

   I want Russia and other nations to know the truth. I don’t want war and bloodshed. You see I’m holding a cigarette in this hand. I followed orders with this hand and killed children.

5. Vladimir Putin:

   Armed conflicts, bloodshed is not our choice, and we don’t want such developments. We want to resolve issues by political and diplomatic means.