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Etymology
From attested early forms of such phrases as "there was much blood shed"; equivalent to blood + shed, past participle of shed.
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Noun
bloodshed (usually uncountable, plural bloodsheds)
- (literally) The shedding or spilling of blood.
- A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
- (obsolete) The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
- (obsolete) A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.
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shedding or spilling of blood
- Arabic: سَفْك الدِّمَاء m (safk ad-dimāʔ), إِرَاقَة الدَّم f (ʔirāqat ad-dam)
- Armenian: արյունահեղություն (hy) (aryunaheġutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: qantökmə
- Belarusian: кровапралі́цце n (krovapralíccje)
- Bulgarian: кръвопроли́тие (bg) n (krǎvoprolítie)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 流血 (zh) (liúxuè, liúxuě, liúxiě)
- Czech: krveprolití n, krveprolévání n
- Dutch: bloedbad (nl) n, bloedvergieten (nl) n
- Estonian: verevalamine
- Finnish: verenvuodatus
- French: effusion de sang f
- Galician: derramamento de sangue m
- Georgian: სისხლისღვრა (sisxlisɣvra)
- German: Blutvergießen (de) n, Blutbad (de) n
- Greek: αιματοχυσία (el) f (aimatochysía)
- Ancient: αἱματεκχυσία f (haimatekkhusía)
- Hebrew: שְפִיכוּת דָמִים (he) f (shfikhut damim)
- Hindi: खूनखराबा m (khūnakhrābā), खुनखराबा (hi) m (khunakhrābā), सफ्क (hi) m (saphk), हिंसन (hi) m (hinsan), हिंसा (hi) f (hinsā), रक्तपात (hi) m (raktapāt), मारकाट (hi) f (mārkāṭ)
- Hungarian: vérontás (hu)
- Irish: doirteadh fola m
- Italian: spargimento di sangue
- Japanese: 流血 (ja) (りゅうけつ, ryūketsu)
- Korean: 유혈(流血) (ko) (yuhyeol), 류혈(流血) (ko) (ryuhyeol) (North Korea)
- Kyrgyz: кан төгүү n (kan tögüü)
- Lithuanian: kraujo praliejimas
- Macedonian: крвопролевање n (krvoprolevanje)
- Malay: pertumpahan darah
- Old English: blōdgyte m
- Persian: خونریزی (fa) (xunrêzi)
- Polish: rozlew krwi m
- Portuguese: derramamento de sangue m
- Russian: кровопроли́тие (ru) n (krovoprolítije)
- Scottish Gaelic: dòrtadh-fala m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: крвопролиће n
- Roman: krvoproliće n
- Slovak: krvipreliatie n, krviprelievanie n
- Slovene: prelivanje krvi n
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: kšejpśelaśe n
- Spanish: derramamiento de sangre m, derrame de sangre m, hechos de sangre m pl
- Swahili: umwagaji damu
- Swedish: blodsutgjutelse (sv) c, blodspillan (sv) c
- Tajik: хунрезӣ (xunrezī)
- Ukrainian: кровопроли́ття n (krovoprolýttja)
- Uzbek: xunrezlik (uz)
- Vietnamese: sự đổ máu
- Welsh: tywallt gwaed m
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carnage, destruction of life, slaughter
- Arabic: سَفْك الدِّمَاء m (safk ad-dimāʔ)
- Armenian: արյունահեղություն (hy) (aryunaheġutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: qantökmə, qırğın
- Bulgarian: клане (bg) n (klane)
- Czech: krveprolití n
- Dutch: bloedbad (nl) n, bloedvergieten (nl) n, slachting (nl)
- Estonian: veresaun (et), verevalamine
- Finnish: verenvuodatus, verilöyly (fi)
- French: carnage (fr) m
- Georgian: სისხლისღვრა (sisxlisɣvra)
- German: Blutvergießen (de) n, Blutbad (de) n
- Greek: αιματοκύλισμα (el) n (aimatokýlisma)
- Ancient: αἱματεκχυσία f (haimatekkhusía)
- Hindi: खूनखराबा m (khūnakhrābā), खुनखराबा (hi) m (khunakhrābā), सफ्क (hi) m (saphk), हिंसन (hi) m (hinsan), हिंसा (hi) f (hinsā), रक्तपात (hi) m (raktapāt), मारकाट (hi) f (mārkāṭ)
- Hungarian: vérontás (hu)
- Italian: ecatombe (it), carneficina (it)
- Maori: tārukenga
- Middle English: larder
- Ottoman Turkish: قان (kan)
- Polish: przelew krwi m, rozlew krwi (pl) m
- Portuguese: carnificina (pt) f, massacre (pt) m
- Russian: кровопроли́тие (ru) n (krovoprolítije), резня́ (ru) f (reznjá)
- Scottish Gaelic: dòrtadh-fala m
- Spanish: matanza (es) f, carnicería (es) f
- Swahili: umwagaji damu
- Swedish: blodsutgjutelse (sv) c, blodspillan (sv) c
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shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ
bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye
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