bloodshed   (TTS Sound)

The noun bloodshed has 2 senses

• bloodshed, gore -- (the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen")


• bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue -- (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")