bloodshed

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	execution, murder, slaying,
definition	:	unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being (noun.act)

2. indiscriminate slaughter (noun.act)

hypernym	:	butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter,
definition	:	the savage and excessive killing of many people (noun.act)

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

derivation	:	gore,
definition	:	wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument (verb.contact)

derivation	:	gore,
definition	:	wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument (verb.contact)