Thesaurus results for BLOODSHED

bloodshed

noun

Definition of bloodshed

as in murder

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Recent Examples of bloodshed 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 With no end in sight to the fighting after one year of bloodshed, the IOC reiterates its condemnation of the war in Ukraine, which is a blatant violation of the Olympic Truce that was in effect at the time, and the Olympic Charter. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026 The most potent reminder of the bloodshed lies in the thousands of people buried under debris. — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for bloodshed

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Noun

Blackwell is serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
The murder case descended into chaos when allegations that court clerk Rebecca Hill made inappropriate comments to jurors while the trial was ongoing.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of murder

Noun

The utter carnage that follows brings major developments for all the main characters still on the chessboard — and many gruesome deaths by dragon fire, boiling oil, spikes and even catapults.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
The video shows the moment the carnage began, when the gunman drove up to the drive-thru payment window and fatally shot the first victim, In-N-Out employee Ashley Garibay, according to police.

— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of carnage

Noun

Or an announcement that wildlife officials are planning a statewide slaughter of black bears.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Reynolds also described unsanitary conditions due to the slaughter area being outdoors with dirt and gravel.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of slaughter

Noun

In 2022, 36 people were killed, 24 of them children, in a massacre at a childcare center in the northeast, believed to be the country’s deadliest incident of its kind.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
In 2022, an ex-policeman armed with a gun and knife stormed into a nursery in the country's north and murdered 24 children and 12 adults in one of Thailand's deadliest massacres.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of massacre

Noun

Tran’s killing followed two other fatal shootings of Vietnamese-American men with ties to local restaurants, according to San Jose Police and CNN affiliate KGO-TV.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Keyan Rundell, 17, of DeLand, was arrested Wednesday in the July 28 killing of Dustin Rose, 19, and Samson Campbell, 18.

— Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of killing

Noun

The explosion targeting Ranucci occurred on the eighth anniversary of the car bomb slaying of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who wrote extensively about suspected corruption in political and business circles.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Members of Garvin’s family visited the scene of his slaying hours after he was shot.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of slaying

Noun

Blake Rakela, 21, received four years in prison for voluntary manslaughter after striking Styles with a metal wrench, while his father, Anthony Rakela, 61, was sentenced to 90 days in jail on a misdemeanor assault charge.

— Ruyuan Li. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Among the charges Bessent pleaded guilty to were manslaughter with a weapon, vehicular manslaughter, leaving the scene of a deadly accident, leaving the scene of an accident with serious bodily injury and reckless driving.

— Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of manslaughter

Noun

The death of an inmate at California State Prison, Sacramento, is being investigated as a homicide, officials said on Tuesday.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
The medical examiner’s office ruled the manner of death as a homicide and the cause of death to be blunt force trauma to the head at the time of the killing, according to the arrest report.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

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