bloodshed
noun
blood·shed
ˈbləd-ˌshed 
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Years of violence and bloodshed have left much of the country in ruins.
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As a result of the bloodshed, President Clinton ordered that the mission to capture Aidid be abandoned.
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
But Gaza — marked by decades of bloodshed — is a uniquely volatile addition to the roll call of lands whose sovereignty and assets have come under Trump’s restless eye.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025
The Assad dynasty’s autocratic rule in Syria was marked by decades of fighting, bloodshed and oppressive political crackdown.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Image In all this, though, the drama in these stories — the rage and bloodshed and lust — is awfully sublimated.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
But Gaza — marked by decades of bloodshed — is a uniquely volatile addition to the roll call of lands whose sovereignty and assets have come under Trump’s restless eye.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025
The Assad dynasty’s autocratic rule in Syria was marked by decades of fighting, bloodshed and oppressive political crackdown.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Image In all this, though, the drama in these stories — the rage and bloodshed and lust — is awfully sublimated.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodshed. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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