the shedding of blood resulting in murder; he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen
[ Syn: gore ]
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
[ Syn: bloodbath , bloodletting , battue ]