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

Maximilian’s ouster and death stunned many Europeans, who blamed Napoleon III for the bloodshed.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
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

Definition of bloodshed

Noun

One of the three Vallejo men considered suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Avtar Singh has been arrested, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said on Saturday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Greenfield resident Donald William Breeden was arrested and booked into Monterey County Jail on two counts of murder with criminal street gang enhancements, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of murder

Noun

Animal welfare advocates have raised concerns that horses resold after leaving federal custody could ultimately enter slaughter channels.

— MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
The law exempts hunting, fishing, slaughter for food, euthanasia, scientific research and customary animal husbandry.

— CBS Minnesota, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of slaughter

Noun

This is a war film in style and substance, emphasizing the mental exhaustion of a country that cannot handle any more carnage.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
The unflinching depiction of the human toll of the kaiju carnage heightens the stakes, but it’s used to address larger themes as well.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of carnage

Noun

Hours earlier, Indiana executed a man for killing two children by setting a house fire in 2010, and in Alabama, a man received the last lethal injection of the day for his conviction in the killing of an elderly man and woman in a home robbery.

— KIM CHANDLER, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
According to the Sheriff’s Office, investigators determined the killing resulted from a domestic situation and appears to be isolated.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of killing

Noun

The filing says Kirk’s slaying caused a train of events leading the FBI to investigate the SPLC and speak to a group that co-signed Kirk’s letter.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026
Adel Ramos, who shot and killed Sacramento Police Department Officer Tara O’Sullivan in an ambush-style slaying as O’Sullivan responded to a domestic violence call, was among the latest to be condemned in capital courts.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 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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