English Explanatory Dictionary

Bloody Sunday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A 1905 event in St Petersburg in which as many as 4,000 unarmed citizens were killed by state forces.
  2. A 1965 event in Selma, Alabama, where peaceful civil rights protesters were brutally beaten by police.
  3. A 1972 event in Northern Ireland in which 14 civil rights protesters were shot and killed by a British Army regiment.
  4. Any of many similar events; see Bloody Sunday on Wikipedia for a complete list.

Word forms

Bloody Sunday

Related words

Black Sunday Bloody Friday Bloody Monday Bloody Saturday Bloody Thursday Bloody Tuesday Bloody Wednesday
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