bloodshed
Meanings
noun
- The shedding or spilling of blood.
- A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
- The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
- A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.
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From attested early forms of such phrases as "there was much blood shed"; equivalent to blood + shed, past participle of shed.
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