Definitions for bloodshed
Overview of noun bloodshed
The noun bloodshed has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) bloodshed, gore
(the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen")
2. bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue
(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")
