shed blood

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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To lose blood from one's body: To cause or experience the flow of blood from a wound or injury.
    • To kill violently: To cause the death of someone, especially in a brutal manner involving bloodshed.
Usage and Examples

  • Verb (to lose blood):

    • The soldier shed blood for his country. (He was wounded and bled in service.)
    • In the accident, he shed a lot of blood and needed a transfusion.

  • Verb (to kill violently):

    • The tyrant's regime shed the blood of innocent people. (The regime killed innocent people violently.)
    • Throughout history, many wars have been fought where both sides shed blood. (Both sides killed people violently.)
Advanced Usage
  • "shed one's blood": Often used to emphasize personal sacrifice or injury.
    • He was willing to shed his own blood to protect his family.
  • "shed the blood of [someone]": A formal or literary way to state that a person or group has killed someone.
    • The prophecy warned the king not to shed the blood of his own kin.
Variants and Related Words
  • Bloodshed (n): The killing or wounding of people, typically on a large scale.
    • The negotiators hoped to avoid further bloodshed.
  • Bloodletting (n): Literally, the historical practice of draining blood; figuratively, violent conflict or slaughter.
    • The political purge resulted in a terrible bloodletting.
Synonyms
  • Bleed (v): To lose blood (for the first meaning).
  • Slaughter (v): To kill (people or animals) in a cruel or violent way, typically in large numbers (for the second meaning).
  • Spill blood (idiom): To wound or kill people.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • To shed blood, sweat, and tears: To work extremely hard and make great sacrifices for something.
    • Note: This is a related idiom but uses "shed" in a broader, figurative sense. The target phrase "shed blood" is its literal component.
  • Blood is shed: A passive construction describing the occurrence of killing.
    • When blood is shed, it is hard to forgive and forget.
Verb
  1. lose blood from one's body
  2. kill violently
    • They will never stop shedding the blood of their enemies

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