nnoun.actthe shedding of blood resulting in murderSynset:gore
Examples:- he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen
Derivationally Related Form:gore
Hypernyms:execution murder slaying
Inherited Hypernyms:bloodshedmurderhomicidekillingterminationchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actindiscriminate slaughterSynset:battue bloodbath bloodletting
Examples:- 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
Hypernyms:butchery carnage mass murder massacre slaughter
Inherited Hypernyms:bloodbathslaughtermurderhomicidekillingterminationchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity