Thesaurus results for BLOODLETTING

bloodletting

noun

Definition of bloodletting

as in bloodshed

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Recent Examples of bloodletting 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 Apple even pushed through a rare round of cuts — though the bloodletting slowed by the end of the year. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloodletting

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Noun

Sheeran should not have to share his views on the bloodshed and suffering in Gaza and the West Bank.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
In Kyiv, Kushner spoke about the war in tidily transactional language, acknowledging little of the bloodshed and destruction that Putin’s invasion has wrought.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of bloodshed

Noun

David Kingsley was convicted of murder and manslaughter, while five other guards pleaded guilty to manslaughter for Brooks’ death.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
One youth has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the Wednesday afternoon shooting near Raytown High School.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of murder

Noun

The defining absence of Palestinian slaughter thus looms over the film.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026
This is because the costs of maintaining a herd—feed, fertilizer and equipment—have gone up as a result of tariffs and drought, so fewer farmers breed cows for slaughter, which restricts beef supply.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of slaughter

Noun

That everyone commits so fearlessly — and with such straight faces — to the Zellners’ berserk world-building is a joy to behold, aided by a terrific jukebox soundtrack and a chaotic, entropic plot that builds and builds to insane levels of carnage.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Most notably, the infamous Circa Survivor saw nearly one-third of its record 25,017 entries (at $1,000 each) bounced by the Bolts — and by the way, include me in the carnage.

— Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of carnage

Noun

The film offers a portrait of a remote Salvadoran village whose inhabitants carry the memory of a massacre during the country’s civil war.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Reports of the massacre in the settlement of about 2,000 reached the world through the testimonies of survivors who fled to neighboring Bangladesh.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of massacre

Noun

In 2023, Gellar brought her monster-slaying skills back to the small screen on the Paramount+ original series Wolf Pack, which was canceled after one season.

— Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Jordan was found guilty by a jury in the cold case slaying, but a judge overturned that conviction.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of slaying

Noun

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
Malonga motioned to the ground behind us and described his vision of an outdoor cooking arena for conferences and events, as well as a bakery, a butchery, and a cheese workshop.

— Alicia Erickson, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026

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