bloodshed

bloodshed is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.
2. noun. the shedding of blood resulting in murder

   "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"

   Synonyms: gore

3. noun. indiscriminate slaughter

   "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"

   "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"

   Synonyms: battue, bloodbath, bloodletting

Synonyms

gore, battue, bloodbath, bloodletting

Common word forms

bloodsheds, bloodshedder, bloodshedding

Words from these letters

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