Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bloodshed

2 senses of bloodshed

Sense 1
bloodshed, gore -- (the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen")
       => murder, slaying, execution -- (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)

Sense 2
bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue -- (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")
       => slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery -- (the savage and excessive killing of many people)