Associations to the word «Bloodshed»

Wiktionary

BLOODSHED, noun. The shedding or spilling of blood.
BLOODSHED, noun. A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
BLOODSHED, noun. (obsolete) The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
BLOODSHED, noun. (obsolete) A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.

Dictionary definition

BLOODSHED, noun. The shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen".
BLOODSHED, noun. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats