Thesaurus results for BLOODLETTING

bloodletting

noun

Definition of bloodletting

as in bloodshed

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Recent Examples of bloodletting Despite some late bloodletting, Red Rocks doesn’t go nearly as far as the auteur’s other films, which is definitely a good thing. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026 The Dayton Peace Accords spring to mind, named for the city that hosted talks ending the three years of bloodletting and civil war in Bosnia in the early 1990. — Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026 And although allowing ships through would stanch the immediate bloodletting in the energy sector, other sectors might not spring back so quickly. — Paddy Hirsch, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026 But while a Netflix-WB union would have resulted in a bit less money overall being spent on films, Par-WB figures to be a bloodletting. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloodletting

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Noun

These laws had accumulated piecemeal over generations, but American critics portrayed them as a single system with bloodshed at its center.

— Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
After those twelve days, the bloodshed followed a deliberate design.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of bloodshed

Noun

Burks personally prosecuted five capital murder death penalty cases during her time at the district attorney’s office.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
The murder of two Israeli soldiers in the West Bank is the jumping-off point for a large-scale invasion of the Palestinian territory, a move that would further test the nation’s fraying relationship with the United States.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of murder

Noun

One of the other animals, a ram, tells Wilbur he is being raised for slaughter, leaving him understandably distraught.

— Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Sierra Canyon’s 56-7 slaughter of Bishop Amat last week sent a message the Trailblazers are focused and ready for their moment.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of slaughter

Noun

Even at their most disturbing, scenes describing carnage tend to be colorful and amusing.

— Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Then, just nine months later, came the collision Wednesday morning that turned a sleepy stretch of rail lined by olive groves near the village of Urda into a scene of carnage.

— Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of carnage

Noun

Manzo’s brother, a member of Morena in the state government now at odds with Quiroz, has accused her of defending some of those detained after the killing.

— Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
The most famous killing up to that point — of Janet Leigh in Psycho — showed nothing more than a modest pool of black-and-white blood draining in a bathtub.

— Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of killing

Noun

The massacre led Connecticut to ban such rifles in 2013 — the same law now before the Supreme Court.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
His questions about Ultron’s Sokovia massacre seem like an excellent chance to fill in Age of Ultron’s plot holes, but Ultron’s answers are snarky, not satisfying.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of massacre

Noun

Cops are still working to establish a motive in Rodriguez’s slaying.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
The teen accused of fatally stabbing a homeless Roseville woman faced a judge and the woman’s family Tuesday during his first court appearance in the slaying.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of slaying

Noun

Rescuers were hoping to reach into any spaces left in the basement and the ground level, which had been rented out for an electronics shop, a butchery and a grocery while construction continued on the upper floors.

— Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Running parallel to this butchery investigation is the arrival of perpetually hungover FBI agent Gwen Birgssen, played by British actress Lily James with an incomprehensible southern drawl and some clunky platitudes that veer into genre parody.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

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