Dictionary Definition

bloodshed

1 the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the blood of his kinsmen" [syn: blood, gore]

2 indiscriminate slaughter [syn: bloodbath, bloodletting, battue]

User Contributed Dictionary

The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter

The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ

A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye

Bloodshed is a poetic term for widespread slaughter or destruction of life. The term may also refer to:

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