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

Even in 2026, the category’s identity is anchored in infamous scenes of maiming, torture, and cathartic bloodshed.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
The Greens appear to be in disarray, and Rhaenyra may hope this is the end of the bloodshed, but Ormund quickly becomes a new thorn in her side.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026

Definition of bloodshed

Noun

The sheriff's office said ballistic testing performed with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives later produced forensic evidence linking the two murders.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Nearly three years after Ebony Duncan vanished after leaving work in Independence, a Jackson County jury has found her former boyfriend guilty of second-degree murder.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026

Definition of murder

Noun

When poultry get infected, there is a near-zero chance of survival, so governments across the world have embarked on mass slaughter campaigns in infected farms to slow the spread.

— Todd Symons, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Bison slaughter was a form of biocide in service of genocide, although neither ultimately achieved its aims.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 July 2026

Definition of slaughter

Noun

The shenanigans are interrupted by news that the French have retaken Fort Douaumont, marking the end of the carnage at Verdun.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
This is the beautiful, idealized land of Ithaca finally being consumed by the carnage from across the seas.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Definition of carnage

Noun

On May 31, 2022, the Fort Worth Police Department arrested Ponce in the killing.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
The police suspect Juggut Singh, a Sikh peasant with a criminal record who, on the night of the killing, was secretly meeting Nooran, the daughter of a Muslim priest and weaver.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Definition of killing

Noun

Investigators found a shrine in Colt Gray's bedroom to Nikolas Cruz, the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, prosecutors said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
The arrival of these trains and news of communal massacres in places such as Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Bihar erode the village’s sense of security, despite the inhabitants having lived in harmony for years prior.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Definition of massacre

Noun

On the day of the slaying, Lockhart had suspected that his girlfriend was cheating on him.

— Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 July 2026
Isabelle Johnson, 38, has been charged in the slaying of 43-year-old Jason Christopher Coulthart, the Walton County Sheriff's Office announced.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of slaying

Noun

Hidden behind the tourist options across from the Astronomical Clock is Restaurant 420, a bright welcoming space that is packed with locals, with products are made in the basement bakery and butchery.

— Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 21 July 2026
Cut & Culture is a hands-on culinary journey with an interactive butchery session guided by expert chefs.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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