Bloodshed - Definition
bloodshed
n 1: the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the
bloodshed of his kinsmen" [syn: bloodshed, gore]
2: 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" [syn: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed,
battue]