bloodshed

IPA: bɫˈʌdʃɛd

(literally) The shedding or spilling of blood.
A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
(obsolete) The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
(obsolete) A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.

Examples of "bloodshed" in Sentences

Bloodshed in the summer of 1835.
Bloodshed must cease in the land.
This not necessarily means bloodshed.
Decades of sparring led to bloodshed.
But now there is the need of bloodshed.
One certainly was prevention of bloodshed.
So the Meccans resolved to avenge the bloodshed.
Out of the bloodshed, the first narcissus bloomed.
The changeover does not end the bloodshed, however.
During her opening remarks she called the "bloodshed completely unacceptable."
And they stick to the idea that bloodshed is needed to achieve something good.
Initially, both leaders sought to parley in a futile attempt to avoid bloodshed.
It will end in bloodshed and death, in a grand finale where shots will be fired.
"In Yemen, the tribe comes first, and once tribal blood starts to spill, the bloodshed is hard to stop."
Therefore it seems that a showdown and perhaps bloodshed is unavoidable, to be recorded by the international press teams aboard the “Freedom Flotilla.”
Continued bloodshed is taking place in the markets with yet another bank, the Silver Falls Bank of Silverton, Oregon, failing last Friday and no doubt another or eight will be thrown on the bon fire tonight when the FDIC Ninjas descend.
An _arrière pensée_ should lie hidden in all minds -- a holy reserve as to cases which _may_ arise similar to such as HAVE arisen, where a merciful bloodshed [Footnote: "_Merciful bloodshed_" -- In reading either the later religious wars of the