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Recent Examples of bloodshed
According to local press, this dispute over a simple spit of land could have culminated in bloodshed.
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Only by getting Russia right can Trump end the bloodshed in Ukraine.
—Kathleen Collins, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
With an almost nursery rhyme-like quality, amid the bloodshed.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
To avoid needless bloodshed, these warrantless raids must end now.
—Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Only by getting Russia right can Trump end the bloodshed in Ukraine.
—Kathleen Collins, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
With an almost nursery rhyme-like quality, amid the bloodshed.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
To avoid needless bloodshed, these warrantless raids must end now.
—Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
Noun
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And then, in the context of being accused for murder, everything was just highlighted.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
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The film tells the story of Christy Martin, a pioneering American boxer, who survived a murder attempt by her trainer-spouse.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And even then, SDSU would need help from carnage in the American.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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As the party collapses into collective, mob-like madness, despair is unleashed along with paranoia, depravity, violence, and carnage.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The horses would be prohibited from being sold for slaughter or for carriage business elsewhere.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Such was slaughter that blood could be seen in sand next to piles of bodies in satellite images from space, according to the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health.—
Abigail Williams,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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The horrifying reports of the massacre of hundreds of Sudanese civilians after the Darfur city of El Fasher was captured by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last week were the latest chapter in a brutal conflict that has killed more than 150,000 people over the past two and a half years.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The first of the previous massacres in Darfur occurred in the town of El Geneina, in April, 2023; fifteen thousand unarmed civilians were killed.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Voice of Hind Rajab, about the killing of a young Palestinian girl by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip in early 2024, which was a recipient of the DFI’s grants program.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Andres pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to nine years but walked free after just 18 months due to his good behavior while behind bars.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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The case centered on the 2012 slaying of Stephanie Ulette Clayton, a 35-year-old mother of a 9-year-old daughter at the time and two other children.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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At the outset of the series, Goldman explains how he, like many others, had long been convinced of Michael Skakel’s guilt in Moxley’s brutal slaying (hence the title of the podcast).—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Adame, who was also convicted of practicing medicine without a certificate, was found guilty of manslaughter in a similar case in 2024.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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After extensive deliberations, two members of the jury believed a manslaughter conviction should be ruled, while the 10 others pressed for murder.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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The man's identity has not been released, and authorities declined to comment on the homicide investigation that led to his warrant.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
6 Nov. 2025
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Pacheco-Meza was charged with reckless homicide and driving under the influence, while Morales-Martinez was charged with drug possession and a weapons offense.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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