bloodshed
/ˈblʌdˌʃɛd/ noun
Forms bloodsheds bloudshed
- noun (literally) The shedding or spilling of blood. “avoid bloodshed”
- noun A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale. “political bloodshed”
- noun (obsolete) The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
- noun (obsolete) A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.
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Etymology
From attested early forms of such phrases as "there was much blood shed"; equivalent to blood + shed, past participle of shed.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.
Etymology [Blood + shed]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “bloodshed”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details