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Recent Examples of bloodshed
The Pentagon may have been called the Department of Defense, but the reality was one of endless campaigns and bloodshed.
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Tom Debley, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
From demonstrations outside of major award events like the Indie Spirits, Oscars, and more, pro-Palestinian protesters have called for an end to bloodshed in Gaza via public forums.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
The two-year war in Ethiopia's Tigray region left hundreds of thousands of people dead, more than one million still displaced and caused more than $20 billion in damage, until the agreement in November 2022 ended the bloodshed.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Teachers and students acted quickly to shield classmates and move people to safety — steps officials credited with preventing further bloodshed.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Tom Debley, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
From demonstrations outside of major award events like the Indie Spirits, Oscars, and more, pro-Palestinian protesters have called for an end to bloodshed in Gaza via public forums.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
The two-year war in Ethiopia's Tigray region left hundreds of thousands of people dead, more than one million still displaced and caused more than $20 billion in damage, until the agreement in November 2022 ended the bloodshed.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Teachers and students acted quickly to shield classmates and move people to safety — steps officials credited with preventing further bloodshed.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
Noun
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sheqweetta Vaughan was serving prison time for vehicular manslaughter in connection with the death of her 3-year-old son, Thomas said.—
Nicole Duarte,
NBC news,
17 Sep. 2025
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Francis had been incarcerated since June after a Glenn County judge sentenced him to 12 years for voluntary manslaughter with a dangerous weapon enhancement, and battery on a correctional officer.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The girls died as a result of homicide from suffocation, a preliminary report from a medical examiner stated.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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An autopsy determined the girls' cause of death to be suffocation and the manner of death is homicide, the Chelan County Sheriff's Office said on June 9.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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