Thesaurus results for BLOODSHED

bloodshed

noun

Definition of bloodshed

as in murder

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Recent Examples of bloodshed As the country reflected on one year since the murder, Slota posted about the urgency to brace for the possibility of more bloodshed — just before his arrest that day. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026 Best of all, the stylization doesn’t aestheticize the bloodshed but terrifyingly drives home the destructive waste. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 Playing estranged siblings gave the actresses an opportunity to clash and add tension to the story before the bloodshed began. — William Earl, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026 The bloodshed returns after another 11-year hiatus, but the spatter is messier, thicker, and darker, seeping into a new vision by Ready or Not directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloodshed

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Noun

Burks personally prosecuted five capital murder death penalty cases during her time at the district attorney’s office.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
The murder of two Israeli soldiers in the West Bank is the jumping-off point for a large-scale invasion of the Palestinian territory, a move that would further test the nation’s fraying relationship with the United States.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of murder

Noun

And just a few months before giving this talk at the Filmart, Dad had recorded the carnage on both these fronts.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
In the midst of the carnage, Herbst seemed to have hit the wall and lost his ability to hit the brakes.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of carnage

Noun

By the time security forces regained control, entire communities had been devastated by the worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026
By the third episode, murderous Jason begins to more prominently feature in episodes, and the gory deaths begin, as a swarm of innocent hippies ignore warnings and are drawn into the camp, like lambs to the slaughter.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of slaughter

Noun

The massacre led Connecticut to ban such rifles in 2013 — the same law now before the Supreme Court.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
His questions about Ultron’s Sokovia massacre seem like an excellent chance to fill in Age of Ultron’s plot holes, but Ultron’s answers are snarky, not satisfying.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of massacre

Noun

Manzo’s brother, a member of Morena in the state government now at odds with Quiroz, has accused her of defending some of those detained after the killing.

— Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
The most famous killing up to that point — of Janet Leigh in Psycho — showed nothing more than a modest pool of black-and-white blood draining in a bathtub.

— Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of killing

Noun

Cops are still working to establish a motive in Rodriguez’s slaying.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
The teen accused of fatally stabbing a homeless Roseville woman faced a judge and the woman’s family Tuesday during his first court appearance in the slaying.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of slaying

Noun

As part of the agreement, Herlihy faces a sentence of 12 to 24 years in New Hampshire State Prison on the manslaughter charge, the attorney general said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026
Aldrea Rogers, 22, was arrested and charged with two counts of manslaughter in connection with the deaths of Julian Harris and Madison Duren, Dallas County jail records reviewed by Fox News Digital show.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of manslaughter

Noun

During a retrial in 2019, one of the victims and a co-defendant testified that their previous testimony implicating Bennett was coerced by a then-homicide detective.

— CBS Philadelphia, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Utah authorities have identified notorious serial killer Ted Bundy as the killer of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, closing a homicide investigation 52 years to the day after her body was discovered.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

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