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

Americans across the political spectrum agreed that the bloodshed had been a colossal waste of money and human life.

— Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of bloodshed

Noun

Days before the mistrial, prosecutors dismissed first-degree murder charges against the two men after jurors deadlocked a first time.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Armour invoked the murder of Emmett Till while connecting the controversy to America’s history of White women portraying Black people as threats.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of murder

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But horses still are shipped to Mexico or Canada for slaughter, so horse rescue operations see their job as a moral crusade.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
And so, at first light, when firefighters had won the day and the smoke cleared to reveal the ostrich flock still standing, the sight didn’t lead to any reconsideration of the night’s theories of clandestine slaughter.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of slaughter

Noun

His skill for staging intimate moments between everyday people and action sequences brimming with John Wick-style carnage gets near-equal screen time, as does his eye for small touches and details that make big differences.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
There’s a blank panel next to the 14 crashes, an ominous open space ripe for fresh carnage.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of carnage

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Following the killing, Pike was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, her attorneys said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Thirty-two years after Brown Simpson's brutal killing, her sister continues to alert people to the dangers of intimate partner violence.

— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of killing

Noun

Two of the massacres happened in the space of a few hours late Saturday night and in the predawn hours of Sunday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Ernest Medina was acquitted of all charges related to the My Lai massacre after a military court found insufficient evidence to convict him.

— Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of massacre

Noun

The ambush-style slaying, carried out in broad daylight, rattled law enforcement and the surrounding Palmdale community.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
The slaying is the first homicide of the year in Central Park, which saw no murders last year.

— Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 28 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
Yet despite the technical wizardry—dry-aging, fermentation, curing, meticulous butchery—the dishes never feel overly cerebral.

— Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026

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