bloodshed
/ˈblʌdˌʃɛd/
bloodshed noun: the shedding or spilling of blood.
Noun
bloodshed (usually uncountable, plural bloodsheds)
- The shedding or spilling of blood.
- avoid bloodshed
- The revolution resulted in heavy bloodshed.
- A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
- political bloodshed
- widespread bloodshed
- The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
- A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.
bloodshed meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bloodshed in Hindi
- shedding or spilling of blood
- रक्तपात raktapāt, खूनखराबा khūnakhrābā, खुनखराबा khunakhrābā, सफ्क saphk, हिंसन hinsan, हिंसा hinsā
- carnage, destruction of life, slaughter
- रक्तपात raktapāt, खूनखराबा khūnakhrābā, खुनखराबा khunakhrābā, सफ्क saphk, हिंसन hinsan, हिंसा hinsā
bloodshed in Tamil
- குருதிசிந்துதல், கொலைப்பழி
bloodshed in Marathi
- रक्तपात
bloodshed in Urdu
- shedding or spilling of blood
- خُوں ریزی xū̃ rezī
More languagesFewer languages
- bloodshed in Bengali
- রক্তপাত rôktôpat
- bloodshed in Telugu
- రక్తపాతం
- bloodshed in Malayalam
- രക്തച്ചൊരിച്ചിൽ, വ്യധ, കശാപ്പ്, കൂട്ടക്കശാപ്പ്
- bloodshed in Kannada
- ರಕ್ತಪಾತ, ನರಮೇಧ, ವಧೆ, ಹತ್ಯಾಕಾಂಡ
- bloodshed in Punjabi
- ਹਾਨ hān, ہان hān
- bloodshed in Gujarati
- રક્તપાત, લોહીલુહાણ
- bloodshed in Odia
- ରକ୍ତପାତ
- bloodshed in Nepali
- रक्तपात
- bloodshed in Arabic
- سَفْك الدَّم safk ad-dam, إِرَاقَةُ الدَّم ʔirāqatu d-dam, سَفَكَ الدَّمَ safaka d-dama
- bloodshed in Malay
- pertumpahan darah
- bloodshed in Vietnamese
- sự đổ máu
Examples of bloodshed in a sentence
- The simplest rejoinder to all of Daenerys’ justifications is that this bloodshed could have been avoided.
- Their effort was targeted at war-weary Americans watching the bloodshed on their TV screens.
- King by making a speech warning that “colored” immigration to Britain would eventuate in bloodshed.
Synonyms of bloodshed
Forms of bloodshed
| plural | bloodsheds |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bloudshed |
Origin of bloodshed
From attested early forms of such phrases as "there was much blood shed"; equivalent to blood + shed, past participle of shed.
Words formed from bloodshed
Questions about bloodshed
- What does bloodshed mean?
- Bloodshed means the shedding or spilling of blood.
- What is bloodshed in Hindi?
- Bloodshed in Hindi is रक्तपात (raktapāt), खूनखराबा (khūnakhrābā), खुनखराबा (khunakhrābā). See Bloodshed meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bloodshed?
- Bloodshed is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bloodshed?
- Bloodshed is pronounced /ˈblʌdˌʃɛd/.
- What is the plural of bloodshed?
- The plural of bloodshed is bloodsheds.
Words near bloodshed in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bloodshed (page history and authors); bloodshed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bloodshed (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); রক্তপাত (Bengali) (page history and authors); bloodshed (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bloodshed (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); bloodshed (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ہان (Punjabi) (page history and authors); bloodshed (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bloodshed (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bloodshed (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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