Noun: bloodshed 'blúd,shed
- The shedding of blood resulting in murder
"he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen";
- gore
- Indiscriminate slaughter
"the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder";
- bloodbath, bloodletting, battue
Derived forms: bloodsheds
Type of: butchery, carnage, execution, mass murder, massacre, murder, slaughter, slaying
Encyclopedia: Bloodshed