Synonyms for bloodshed
Most common
blood-letting blood bath battue slaughter carnage bloodshedding
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Battue
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The shedding or spilling of blood.
The revolution resulted in heavy bloodshed.
- n. 2
A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
Related words
- Word family
- bloodshedding
Forms
- Plural
- bloodsheds → battues, carnages, slaughters, massacres…
Example sentences
- slaughter The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
- carnage Police encountered a scene of unspeakable carnage.
By length
- 4 letters
- gore1
- 6 letters
- murder2, battue
- 7 letters
- carnage2
- 8 letters
- massacre3, butchery3
- 9 letters
- slaughter2
- 13 letters
- bloodshedding
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (murder2 = 2 syllables).