bloodshed
noun
[ ˈblʌdʃɛd ]
• the killing or wounding of people, typically on a large scale during a conflict.
Similar:
slaughter,
slaying,
killing,
carnage,
butchery,
massacre,
murder,
bloodletting,
bloodbath,
gore,
pogrom,
genocide,
violence,
fighting,
hostilities,
conflict,
warfare,
war,
battle,
wounding,
injury,
shed blood
• be injured or killed.
• "as the father of a US Marine who has shed blood in combat, I find this disrespectful"
