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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, bloodshedding.

[Origin: blood + shed²

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n. The shedding of blood, especially the injury or killing of people.

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bloodshed
noun
1.	the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"
2.	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" [syn: bloodbath]

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ˈbloodshed noun

deaths or shedding of blood
Example: There was much bloodshed in the battle.

Arabic:	سَفْكُ , إراقَةُ دِماء
Chinese (Traditional):	流血
Czech:	krveprolití
Danish:	blodsudgydelse
Dutch:	bloedvergieten
Estonian:	veresaun
Finnish:	verenvuodatus
French:	effusion de sang
German:	das Blutvergießen
Greek:	αιματοχυσία
Hungarian:	vérontás
Icelandic:	blóðsúthelling
Indonesian:	pertumpahan darah
Italian:	spargimento di sangue
Japanese:	流血の

Korean:	유혈의 참사
Latvian:	asinsizliešana
Lithuanian:	kraujo praliejimas
Norwegian:	dødsfall som resultat av vold; blodsutgytelse
Polish:	rozlew krwi
Portuguese (Brazil):	derramamento de sangue
Portuguese (Portugal):	derramamento de sangue
Romanian:	vărsare de sânge
Russian:	кровопролитие
Slovak:	krvipreliatie
Slovenian:	prelivanje krvi
Spanish:	derramamiento, efusión de sangre
Swedish:	blodspillan
Turkish:	kan dökme

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Bloodshed

Blood"shed`\, n. [Blood + shed] The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.

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