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Recent Examples of bloodshed
And as the action hurtles toward its inevitable bloodshed, Washington places the audience in a ferocious chokehold that never lets up.
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
Chances are that Hausmann-Stokes — and the team of fellow vets behind-the-scenes or in front of the camera — has seen enough bloodshed, and is astute enough to know that his film’s audience doesn’t need more of that imagery either.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
How are we supposed to think about all this bloodshed?
—Aja Romano, Vox, 24 Feb. 2025
In addition to witnessing bloodshed as a soldier and a journalist, Godwin has also lost his eldest sister, Jain, who was killed along with her fiancé and their best man in an army ambush in 1978, just weeks before her wedding.
—Dina Gachman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
Chances are that Hausmann-Stokes — and the team of fellow vets behind-the-scenes or in front of the camera — has seen enough bloodshed, and is astute enough to know that his film’s audience doesn’t need more of that imagery either.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
How are we supposed to think about all this bloodshed?
—Aja Romano, Vox, 24 Feb. 2025
In addition to witnessing bloodshed as a soldier and a journalist, Godwin has also lost his eldest sister, Jain, who was killed along with her fiancé and their best man in an army ambush in 1978, just weeks before her wedding.
—Dina Gachman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
Noun
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Abby’s friends disarm Ellie, and then Abby murders Joel in front of Ellie’s eyes.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Robbery, rape, kidnapping and murder were frequent.—
Lauren Vuong,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Watching the ramps drop down over the walls, the barrels roll out onto the battlefield, and the fiery carnage brought on by their explosions?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2025
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TikTok is peppered with videos of carnage at the movie theaters: huge bags of popcorn exploding across aisles, oceans of bodies roiling up and down, rolls of toilet paper flying from seats C2 to K14, boys being escorted by police out of screening rooms.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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Cinematic games are meant for one or two sessions full of tense moments, human intrigue and alien slaughter.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Of course, Mari could have survived the slaughter if some of the other girls — including Van (Liv Hewson) and Taissa (Brown) — had it their way.—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Commentators sometimes compare dictators to Herod, the king who ordered the massacre of children in his quest to kill the infant Christ.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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What began in Manchester with an 1819 massacre of peasants gave birth to the world's first workers' movements, trade unions and an idea of equality that has fueled social justice and labor movements around the world.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025
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The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago police statistics.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Senators’ defence and penalty killing played a role in those goals, but Ullmark failed to come up big in contrast to Toronto’s Anthony Stolarz.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Authorities have alleged that Mangione meticulously planned the slaying of Thompson, who was killed outside a hotel where he was slated to attend an investor meeting that day.—
Faris Tanyos,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Three men are under arrest on murder charges in the November double slaying of a Sacramento man and woman, Sacramento police officials announced Wednesday.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Instead, Woods last month pleaded no contest to child abuse, voluntary manslaughter and false imprisonment, according to court records.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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She is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence, and leaving the scene of an accident causing death.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2025
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Sheriff’s office homicide detectives have taken over the investigation from Florida City police, Rodriguez said.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2025
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This investigation is ongoing; any information regarding the shooting may be shared with Little Rock police homicide detectives at (501) 371-4660.—
Jesse Cain,
Arkansas Online,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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