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blood shed
blood·shed
/
ˈblʌdˌʃɛd
/
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bluhd
-shed
]
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noun
1.
destruction of life, as in war or murder; slaughter.
2.
the
shedding
of
blood
by injury, wound, etc.
Also,
blood·shed·ding.
Origin:
blood
+
shed
2
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bloodshed
(ˈblʌdˌʃɛd)
—
n
slaughter; killing
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
bloodshed
c.1500, "the shedding of (one's) blood," from
blood
+
shed
(v.). But the sense of "slaughter" is much older (early 13c., implied in bloodshedding).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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