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
    

• the shedding of blood resulting in murder
  • he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bloodbath , bloodletting , battue , gore