Thesaurus results for BLOODSHED

bloodshed

noun

Definition of bloodshed

as in murder

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Recent Examples of bloodshed The Philadelphia Daily News on June 8, 1976 reported that Rizzo was warning of bloodshed in the streets unless the federal and state government provided troops to patrol the city. — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 2 July 2026 And thanks to careful planning by Alicent (Olivia Cooke), the palace welcomes Rhaenyra with only some bloodshed. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026 The country finds itself in cycle after cycle of bloody civil war, intensified by a brutal intramilitary power struggle and exploitative foreign powers like the United Arab Emirates seeking an opportunity to profit from the bloodshed. — Janine Di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026 After Brown and some of his allies raided the homes of slavery supporters and killed five of them in 1856, more bloodshed followed. — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloodshed

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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

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

Those crimes were unrelated to the slaughter in Zacatecas, authorities said, but again demonstrated how mob violence continues to wreak havoc throughout Mexico.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Natural Often mistaken as a welfare claim, this label refers to processing after slaughter.

— Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 26 July 2026

Definition of slaughter

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 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

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

Alberto Rosales, 31, is charged with manslaughter, according to the records.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2026
Williamson County agreed to pay a $5 million settlement after the lawsuit from his family and both officers involved in the arrest were later cleared on all charges, including manslaughter.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

Definition of manslaughter

Noun

Fort Worth Police Department homicide detectives on Monday arrested Alonzo Reyes, 18, and Gerald Chamberlain, 17, on suspicion of murder in the alleged ruse.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
In 2022, by contrast, there had been almost twice as many homicides by the midpoint of the year, with 50 people killed in Denver by July 1, including 14 children.

— Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 20 July 2026

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