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blood·shed
(blŭd′shĕd′)n.
The shedding of blood, especially the injury or killing of people.
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bloodshed
(ˈblʌdˌʃɛd)n
slaughter; killing
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blood•shed
(ˈblʌdˌʃɛd)n.
1. destruction of life, as in war or murder; slaughter.
2. the shedding of blood.
[1400–50]
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Noun | 1. | bloodshed - the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen" |
2. | ![]() carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter, butchery - the savage and excessive killing of many people |
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bloodshed
noun killing, murder, massacre, slaughter, slaying, carnage, butchery, blood-letting, blood bath an end to bloodshed and to the economic chaos
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bloodshed
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Translations
سَفْكُ دِماء
krveprolití
blodsudgydelse
verenvuodatusverestysverilöylyveriuhri
krvoproliće
vérontás
blóîsúthelling
krvipreliatie
krvoproliće
kan dökme
bloodshed
[ˈblʌdʃed] N → derramamiento m de sangrean act of mindless bloodshed → un derramamiento de sangre sin sentido
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bloodshed
[ˈblʌdʃɛd] n → effusion f de sangThe government must increase the pace of reform to avoid further bloodshed → Le gouvernement doit accélérer les réformes pour éviter de nouvelles effusions de sang.
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
blood
(blad) noun1. the red fluid pumped through the body by the heart. Blood poured from the wound in his side.
2. descent or ancestors. He is of royal blood.
ˈbloodless adjective1. without the shedding of blood. a bloodless victory.
2. anaemic. She is definitely bloodless.
ˈbloody adjective1. stained with blood. a bloody shirt; His clothes were torn and bloody.
2. bleeding. a bloody nose.
3. murderous and cruel. a bloody battle.
4. used in slang vulgarly for emphasis. That bloody car ran over my foot!
ˈbloodcurdling adjective terrifying and horrible. a blood-curdling scream.
blood donor a person who gives blood for use by another person in transfusion etc.
blood group/type any one of the types into which human blood is classified. Her blood group is O.
ˈblood-poisoning noun an infection of the blood. He is suffering from blood-poisoning.
blood pressure the (amount of) pressure of the blood on the walls of the blood-vessels. The excitement will raise his blood pressure.
ˈbloodshed noun deaths or shedding of blood. There was much bloodshed in the battle.
ˈbloodshot adjective (of eyes) full of red lines and inflamed with blood.
ˈbloodstained adjective stained with blood. a bloodstained bandage.
ˈbloodstream noun the blood flowing through the body. The poison entered her bloodstream.
ˈblood test noun an analysis of a patient's blood to find out if he/she has any diseases. etc.
ˈbloodthirsty adjective1. eager to kill people. a bloodthirsty warrior.
2. (of a film etc) full of scenes in which there is much killing.
ˈbloodthirstiness nounˈblood transfusion noun
the process of giving blood to someone through the veins during an operation etc.
ˈblood-vessel noun any of the tubes in the body through which the blood flows. He has burst a blood-vessel.
in cold blood while free from excitement or passion. He killed his son in cold blood.
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