Thesaurus results for BLOODLETTING

bloodletting

noun

Definition of bloodletting

as in bloodshed

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Recent Examples of bloodletting And although allowing ships through would stanch the immediate bloodletting in the energy sector, other sectors might not spring back so quickly. — Paddy Hirsch, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026 Belief in the efficacy of bloodletting was well-established and undisputed until well into the 1800s. — Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 But while a Netflix-WB union would have resulted in a bit less money overall being spent on films, Par-WB figures to be a bloodletting. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026 The Dayton Peace Accords spring to mind, named for the city that hosted talks ending the three years of bloodletting and civil war in Bosnia in the early 1990. — Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloodletting

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Noun

The most potent reminder of the bloodshed lies in the thousands of people buried under debris.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
The Philadelphia Daily News on June 8, 1976 reported that Rizzo was warning of bloodshed in the streets unless the federal and state government provided troops to patrol the city.

— Chris Brennan, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of bloodshed

Noun

Diaz, 52, suffered burns to her arm and stomach while trying to incinerate the car and was soon charged with Lopez’s murder, according to a court transcript and a criminal complaint.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
His son, Nick Reiner, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of his parents.

— Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Definition of murder

Noun

The rigidity and delusions of tyrannies are incorrigible; their purity spirals end in executions, not just cancellations; their adventures end in devastation and slaughter.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Ruthye needs someone to avenge the slaughter of her family at the hands of Krem of the Yellow Hills.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

Definition of slaughter

Noun

By homing in on the psychological torment of winning the crown, the show offers a surprising detour from familiar carnage—while suggesting that disappointment over a seemingly ideal position can be as crushing as a defeat on the battlefield.

— Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Many of its founding members had seen the horrors of World War I up close (Breton and several others had served in the French army) and blamed their fathers’ generation for the carnage.

— Susan Rubin Suleiman, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

Definition of carnage

Noun

Years of crippling sanctions have paralysed the economy as accelerating bouts of mass nationwide protests have been put down by security forces with increasing force — culminating in the killing of thousands of demonstrators in January.

— Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Six other men were also on trial for charges related to the riot, but not for having a role in the killing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of killing

Noun

Athalia’s family returned home a few days after the massacre.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
The issue has been particularly salient for low-income families living near fields of coca, the shrub used to make cocaine, as human rights organizations documented more than 50 massacres in Colombia just this year.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Definition of massacre

Noun

One person was dead and another hospitalized after a shooting Friday morning in Bay Point, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office, and authorities are searching for a suspect in the slaying.

— Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Polish prosecutors have not attributed the slaying to Moscow and Poland's Internal Security Agency did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 June 2026

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