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Recent Examples of bloodshed
O’Hara said police hadn’t yet found any relationship between the shooter and the church, nor determined a motive for the bloodshed.
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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
Resident Robert Vandevere, who has lived in Linden for 15 years, was left similarly stunned by the bloodshed so close to his own backyard.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
Without such a state alongside Israel, these two beleaguered peoples, the whole region, and the entire world will be sentenced to further decades, and possibly centuries, of bloodshed and oppression.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
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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
Resident Robert Vandevere, who has lived in Linden for 15 years, was left similarly stunned by the bloodshed so close to his own backyard.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
Without such a state alongside Israel, these two beleaguered peoples, the whole region, and the entire world will be sentenced to further decades, and possibly centuries, of bloodshed and oppression.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
Noun
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The original wording suggesting that Soliman faced murder charges in Iraq had been included in the government’s successful argument for keeping him in custody.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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An argument over a wristwatch led to the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old Dallas mother at Malibu Jack’s amusement park in North Richland Hills, according to new details of the murder investigation released on Tuesday.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Sep. 2025
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Basically the carnage is all nonstop from this point on, a festival of killing in all kinds of nifty ways.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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Johnson’s dishonesty doesn’t even take into consideration the carnage from the homicides of yesteryear in the Windy City.—
Christopher Tremoglie,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Most effective however is Vanderbilt’s decision to stop the action and simply run the devastating real black-and-white film footage of the slaughter of Jews in the concentration camps.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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Hamas had brutally penetrated our southern border, embarking on the slaughter of civilians.—
Ron Scherf,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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The genocide allegation also rests on claims that Israel intentionally targeted civilians, but the study acknowledges civilian deaths while finding no evidence of a systematic policy of massacre.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The riots in the summer of 2024 had followed a stabbing massacre at a children's dance group in Southport by the teenage son of Rwandan immigrants.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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His killing could become not just a tragedy but a catalyst—an event that radicalizes ever more Americans, less an aberration than a feature of our increasingly perilous national politics.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office charged Shawn Harris, 38, with capital murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the killing.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Dexter rushes Harrison out of the Prater compound and proceeds to prep Prater for his slaying.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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One of them recorded the slaying on video, according to the local sheriff – a brutal and confusing fact for Lindsey.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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She was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in prison but was released after three years.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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Despite public outcry, Quintana-Lujan never faced murder or manslaughter charges.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Johnson’s dishonesty doesn’t even take into consideration the carnage from the homicides of yesteryear in the Windy City.—
Christopher Tremoglie,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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He was convicted in October 2022 on six counts first-degree intentional homicide, 61 counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, six counts of hit and run involving death and two counts of bail jumping, all felonies, plus one count of misdemeanor battery.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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