bloodshed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bloodshed	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bloodshed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bloodshed n the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen" Synonym(s): bloodshed, gore indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered" Synonym(s): bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bloodshed \Blood"shed`\, n. [Blood + shed] The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.