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Recent Examples of bloodshed
The students had been among the pews at Annunciation Church on Wednesday when gunfire erupted and plunged the Mass into chaos and bloodshed.
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Teachers and students acted quickly to shield classmates and move people to safety — steps officials credited with preventing further bloodshed.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
O’Hara said police hadn’t yet found any relationship between the shooter and the church, nor determined a motive for the bloodshed.
—Mark Vancleave, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Non-lethal techniques, from tranquilizers to close-quarters combat, challenge you to play without bloodshed.
—PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Teachers and students acted quickly to shield classmates and move people to safety — steps officials credited with preventing further bloodshed.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
O’Hara said police hadn’t yet found any relationship between the shooter and the church, nor determined a motive for the bloodshed.
—Mark Vancleave, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Non-lethal techniques, from tranquilizers to close-quarters combat, challenge you to play without bloodshed.
—PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
Noun
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Three people were killed in a murder-suicide shooting near a middle school in Illinois on Tuesday.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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McDonald, portrayed as the main attacker, was convicted of murder, but later released because of health issues.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Directed by genre-hopping Ben Wheatley and written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad from a story hatched by Kolstad and Odenkirk, the subversive Western is a take-no-prisoners gore fest that peppers all the visceral carnage with an equal sprinkling of dry wit.—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Sep. 2025
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So many Eagles contributed to the Super Bowl carnage, including Brown, who caught a touchdown pass late in the second quarter to put Philly up 24-0.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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Warned by ornithologists that killing an insectivorous bird that also ate grain seeds would lead to a surge in locusts and caterpillars, Mao dismissed such arguments and urged mass slaughter.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The slaughter of the innocents that follows the birth of Jesus in the Book of Matthew is depicted by limp infants that Gaudí modelled on casts of actual stillborn babies.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The shooting at Evergreen High is at least the seventh school shooting in Colorado since the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School that killed 13 students and one teacher.—
Katie Langford,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Sheriff Tony later condemned his deputies’ failures, including their inaction on removing Nathan’s firearms or seeking a court order under Florida’s red flag law, passed after the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High massacre.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the days following his killing, conservative activist Charlie Kirk has, in a sense, become all things to all people.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is under scrutiny over her comments about cracking down on certain rhetoric in the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk, marking the latest controversy of her own making.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
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Panthers fire employee over social media post The Carolina Panthers' communications coordinator was reportedly fired for Instagram posts apparently referencing Kirk's slaying.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Two other people were detained by authorities in connection with Kirk's slaying on Wednesday but were later released without being charged.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Napa County Sheriff’s Office released the names Tuesday, hours after Napa County prosecutors charged Norberto (Beto) Celerino, 53, with six counts each of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.—
The Press Democrat,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Meers, 53, was charged with manslaughter and aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult, prosecutors said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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In February 2025, the driver pleaded guilty to negligent vehicular homicide and drugged driving with a minor passenger – and now faces up to 10 years behind bars.—
Andrew Yockey,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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Anyone with information regarding the man’s death can contact homicide detectives at 816-234-5043 or the anonymous TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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