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blood·shed
/
ˈblʌdˌʃɛd
/
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bluhd
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]
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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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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.
Now is the time to stop this unacceptable
bloodshed
.
Others were convinced that moving forward meant recapturing the past, even if it led to
bloodshed
.
To call a mourner by his own name was considered an insult to the departed, and often led to fighting and
bloodshed
.
We must all suffer and rejoice together,-but let there be no unmanly or unwomanly fear of
bloodshed
.
In the run-up to the latest verdict, many feared more
bloodshed
.
The
bloodshed
aside, though, the business of medicine remained a great entrepreneurial opportunity.
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