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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New Delhi has pinned the bloodshed on Islamabad, which denies complicity and called for an independent investigation.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 May 2025
But as the bloodshed mounted this week, local Druse leaders in Ashrafieh Sahnaya went the other way.
—Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The bloodshed comes in the wake of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Javon Johnnie, who was blasted in the chest around 5 p.m. Sunday near W. 36th St. and Surf Ave.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
Of course, this seaside town is no stranger to such slaughterings and bloodshed.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 May 2025
But as the bloodshed mounted this week, local Druse leaders in Ashrafieh Sahnaya went the other way.
—Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The bloodshed comes in the wake of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Javon Johnnie, who was blasted in the chest around 5 p.m. Sunday near W. 36th St. and Surf Ave.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
Of course, this seaside town is no stranger to such slaughterings and bloodshed.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodshed. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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