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noun (n)

• the shedding of blood resulting in murder(noun.act)

  Example:
  He avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen.
  

  Synonym:
  gore
  

  source: wordnet30
• indiscriminate slaughter(noun.act)

  Example:
  The valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder.
  

  Synonym:
  battue, bloodbath, bloodletting
  

  source: wordnet30
• The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.(noun)

  source: webster1913