blood·shed

[bluhd-shed]
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 + shed2

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bloodshed (ˈblʌdˌʃɛd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
slaughter; killing

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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).
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Example sentences
In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence, and there shall be
  none unless it be forced upon the national authority.
The suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and it is unacceptable.
And as you say, through all that bloodshed, it marked the birth of our nations.
The underlying causes of the turmoil and bloodshed that are now everyday news
  were, of course, always there.
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