All bloodshed synonyms

noun bloodshed

• murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
• massacre — the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
• fighting — fit to fight: a boxer who's no longer in fighting shape.
• killing — the act of killing, especially game: The hounds moved in for the kill.
• bloodbath — If you describe an event as a bloodbath, you are emphasizing that a lot of people were killed very violently.
• carnage — Carnage is the violent killing of large numbers of people, especially in a war.
• bloodletting — Bloodletting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies.
• annihilation — the act of annihilating
• butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
• onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
• gore — a city in W Ethiopia.