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Bloodshed — is a poetic term for widespread slaughter or destruction of life. The term may also refer to:*Bloodshed, a supervillain in the Marvel Universe *Bloodshed, a 2005 film directed by Jim McMahon *Bloodshed Software, the developers of Dev C++In… … Wikipedia
Bloodshed — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bloodshed (su nombre real era Derek Armstead), nacido el 31 de julio de 1975, fue un rapero afroamericano afiliado con sus colegas del Harlem, Big L, Mase y Camron (primo de Bloodshed). Estuvo en el grupo Children of … Wikipedia Español
Bloodshed — Blood shed , n. [Blood + shed] The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bloodshed — also blood shed, c.1500, the shedding of (one s) blood, from BLOOD (Cf. blood) (n.) + SHED (Cf. shed) (v.). The sense of slaughter is much older (early 13c., implied in bloodshedding) … Etymology dictionary
bloodshed — ► NOUN ▪ the killing or wounding of people … English terms dictionary
bloodshed — [blud′shed΄] n. the shedding of blood; killing … English World dictionary
bloodshed — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ further ▪ massive, widespread ▪ little ▪ Their aims were achieved quickly and with relatively little bloodshed. ▪ unnecessary … Collocations dictionary
bloodshed — [[t]blʌ̱dʃed[/t]] N UNCOUNT Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded. The government must increase the pace of reforms to avoid further bloodshed … English dictionary
bloodshed — blood|shed [ˈblʌdʃed] n [U] the killing of people, usually in fighting or war ▪ diplomacy aimed at stopping further bloodshed … Dictionary of contemporary English
bloodshed — blood|shed [ blʌd,ʃed ] noun uncount a situation in which people are killed or injured, especially during fighting: A ceasefire was called in an attempt to prevent further bloodshed … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
