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bloodshed

noun
/ˈblʌdˌʃɛd/

Etymology

From attested early forms of such phrases as "there was much blood shed"; equivalent to blood + shed, past participle of shed.

  1. derived from *skeyt-✻ — “to cut, part, divide, separate”
  2. inherited from *skaiþaną✻
  3. inherited from *skaiþan✻
  4. inherited from scēadan
  5. inherited from scheden
  6. compounded as bloodshed — “blood + shed”

Definitions

  1. The shedding or spilling of blood.

    • avoid bloodshed
    • The revolution resulted in heavy bloodshed.

  2. A slaughter

    A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.

    • political bloodshed
    • widespread bloodshed

  3. The shedding of one's own blood

    The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A bloodshot condition or appearance

      A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.

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Derived

inkshed

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bloodshed. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA