Definition: the shedding of blood resulting in murder
Usage: he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen
Main entry: battue, bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed
Definition: indiscriminate slaughter
Usage: a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered; ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name; the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder; a huge prison battue was ordered