bloodshed
noun
blood·shed
ˈbləd-ˌshed 
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Years of violence and bloodshed have left much of the country in ruins.
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Israel and its rivals have not resolved their political disputes, which in some cases have been further inflamed by the bloodshed.
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Greg Myre, NPR, 28 June 2025
Federal prosecutors said Monday that the man charged with shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses, killing one couple, went to two other legislators’ homes that night, bent on more bloodshed.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025
Police in Northern Ireland sporadically come under attack whenever tensions rise in parts of the British region, 27 years after a peace deal ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed there.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
With the country once again haunted by the specter of political bloodshed, many are left hoping not only for his survival, but for a broader reckoning with the violent forces still lurking within Colombian politics.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 June 2025
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Greg Myre, NPR, 28 June 2025
Federal prosecutors said Monday that the man charged with shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses, killing one couple, went to two other legislators’ homes that night, bent on more bloodshed.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025
Police in Northern Ireland sporadically come under attack whenever tensions rise in parts of the British region, 27 years after a peace deal ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed there.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
With the country once again haunted by the specter of political bloodshed, many are left hoping not only for his survival, but for a broader reckoning with the violent forces still lurking within Colombian politics.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 June 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodshed. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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