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Recent Examples of bloodletting
The latest sequel introduces newcomers like Madelyn Cline and Chase Sui Wonders, but brings back franchise veterans Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt for more on-screen bloodletting.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 18 July 2025
But the guns kept coming — and the bloodletting and mayhem grew.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Mass migration into the two new nations set off ghastly religious bloodletting, leaving up to two million people dead.
—Atul Loke, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Secor movingly and vividly covers this grotesque bloodletting.
—Ervand Abrahamian, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2016
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Brent Lang, Variety, 18 July 2025
But the guns kept coming — and the bloodletting and mayhem grew.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Mass migration into the two new nations set off ghastly religious bloodletting, leaving up to two million people dead.
—Atul Loke, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Secor movingly and vividly covers this grotesque bloodletting.
—Ervand Abrahamian, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodletting
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Several videos posted online show the event, including the moment the shot was fired and the subsequent bloodshed.—
Mandy Taheri
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Pentagon may have been called the Department of Defense, but the reality was one of endless campaigns and bloodshed.—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Three people were killed in a murder-suicide shooting near a middle school in Illinois on Tuesday.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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McDonald, portrayed as the main attacker, was convicted of murder, but later released because of health issues.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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Warned by ornithologists that killing an insectivorous bird that also ate grain seeds would lead to a surge in locusts and caterpillars, Mao dismissed such arguments and urged mass slaughter.—
Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The slaughter of the innocents that follows the birth of Jesus in the Book of Matthew is depicted by limp infants that Gaudí modelled on casts of actual stillborn babies.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Directed by genre-hopping Ben Wheatley and written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad from a story hatched by Kolstad and Odenkirk, the subversive Western is a take-no-prisoners gore fest that peppers all the visceral carnage with an equal sprinkling of dry wit.—
Michael Rechtshaffen,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Sep. 2025
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So many Eagles contributed to the Super Bowl carnage, including Brown, who caught a touchdown pass late in the second quarter to put Philly up 24-0.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the days following his killing, conservative activist Charlie Kirk has, in a sense, become all things to all people.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is under scrutiny over her comments about cracking down on certain rhetoric in the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk, marking the latest controversy of her own making.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
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However, instead of caving to the demands of the USFF's powers-that-be, Cam refuses to sacrifice his soul by signing the contract and proceeds to unleash his strength on everyone involved in the demonic proceedings in an ultra-violent massacre.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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Anonymous tips forward to the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center reported threatening posts from a Discord profile that referenced plans for a future massacre and contained pictures of guns.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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More than 100 people have faced repercussions for their remarks over Kirk’s slaying, a USA TODAY analysis shows.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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He was arrested 33 hours after the slaying, when authorities said his father persuaded him to turn himself in.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The event will be hosted by Caitlin and Tom Moriarty at Moriarty Meats, who will be providing regional specialty sandwiches—boeuf on weck—to fuel us through an evening of live butchery demonstration, an author Q&A, and book signing.—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Of the remains, 222 had color changes that are associated with cremation, while 69 of those bones had signs of butchery likely performed after death.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Bloodletting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodletting. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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