bloodshed

noun

Definition of bloodshednext
as in murder

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Recent Examples of bloodshed There is plenty of bloodshed and adrenaline, but those action scenes serve mostly as retribution and to tie up loose plot points. — Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026 Motoki portrays Murashige as curiously recessive — someone who has laid waste to myriad foes and has now lost his taste for bloodshed. — Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Even in 2026, the category’s identity is anchored in infamous scenes of maiming, torture, and cathartic bloodshed. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026 The Greens appear to be in disarray, and Rhaenyra may hope this is the end of the bloodshed, but Ormund quickly becomes a new thorn in her side. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloodshed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
  1. murder
  2. carnage
  3. slaughter
  4. massacre
  5. killing
  6. slaying
  7. manslaughter
  8. homicide
Noun
  • The 63-year-old Davis was convicted Monday of murder with the use of a deadly weapon and could be sentenced to life in prison.
    — Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder in the January 2023 strangulation deaths of her three children – Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months – at the family's Duxbury, Massachusetts, home.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of murder
Noun
  • The carnage began when Mize hit Junior Caminero, the first batter, with a 1-2 pitch.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • And, costume-character carnage aside, that’s just not as compelling.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of carnage
Noun
  • They would be housed in a large, rectangular, concrete-block building that had originally been a holding pen and slaughter area for livestock.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Many leaders of the slaughter were tried and convicted by a United Nations war crimes tribunal that has now closed down.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of slaughter
Noun
  • Once the ruthless commander of Bosnian Serb forces, Mladic oversaw the siege of Sarajevo, mass killings and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre that left more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys dead.
    — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian-Serb general who orchestrated the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo during the Balkan wars, has died in prison aged 84.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of massacre
Noun
  • Citizen, published two months after Brown’s killing, seemed to channel that righteous fury.
    — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The man a Wyandotte County deputy is charged with killing may have died not by homicide, but rather pre-existing illness, a medical expert testified in court Wednesday.
    — Sofi Zeman August 26, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of killing
Noun
  • Charges were unsealed last week against one shooter in a deadly Gary gas station slaying, records show.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Jake Reiner opens up about his parents’ slaying and his brother’s arrest.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of slaying
Noun
  • Baltimore’s Ivan Bates charged a father with manslaughter after his son’s death in July.
    — Gabriella Fine, Baltimore Sun, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The two ultimately faced manslaughter charges and were both sentenced to five years in prison in August 2019.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of manslaughter
Noun
  • Troopers from the New Jersey State Police Marine Bureau arrested Kevin Wells, 40, of Warren, New Jersey, on Friday, charging him with vehicular homicide and two counts of assault by vessel while intoxicated.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The 10-episode drama stars Liev Schreiber as Jonah Lynn, a former soldier turned homicide detective who moves to a small town in western Pennsylvania after working the tough streets of Philadelphia.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of homicide

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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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