The police wanted to avoid bloodshed.
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Bloodshed
//ˈblʌdˌʃɛd//
Synonyms for "bloodshed" (71 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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8 entriesRelated terms
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1 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
120 translations across 48 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- αἱματεκχυσία noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- αἱματεκχυσία noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Arabic
3 entries- إِرَاقَة الدَّم noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- سَفَكَ الدَّمَ noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- سَفْك الدَّم noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Armenian
2 entries- արյունահեղություն noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- արյունահեղություն noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- qantökmə noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- qantökmə noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- qırğın noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Belarusian
1 entries- кровапралі́цце noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Bulgarian
4 entries- клане noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- кръвопроли́тие noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- кръвопроливане noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- кървясване noun (bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 流血 noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Czech
3 entries- krveprolití noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- krveprolití noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- krveprolévání noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Dutch
4 entries- bloedbad noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- bloedbad noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- bloedoffer noun (shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ)
- bloedvergieten noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Estonian
3 entries- veresaun noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- verevalamine noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- verevalamine noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Finnish
4 entries- verenvuodatus noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- verenvuodatus noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- verenvuodatus noun (shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ)
- verestys noun (bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye)
French
2 entries- carnage noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- effusion de sang noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Galician
1 entries- derramamento de sangue noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Georgian
2 entries- სისხლისღვრა noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- სისხლისღვრა noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
German
4 entries- Blutbad noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- Blutbad noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- Blutvergießen noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- Blutvergießen noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Greek
2 entries- αιματοκύλισμα noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- αιματοχυσία noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Hebrew
1 entries- שְפִיכוּת דָמִים noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Hindi
4 entries- खुनखराबा noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- खुनखराबा noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- खूनखराबा noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- खूनखराबा noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Hungarian
2 entries- vérontás noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- vérontás noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Irish
2 entries- doirteadh fola noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- sreangshúil noun (bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye)
Italian
3 entries- carneficina noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- ecatombe noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- spargimento di sangue noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Japanese
1 entries- 流血 noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Korean
2 entries- 류혈 noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- 유혈 noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кан төгүү noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kraujo praliejimas noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kšejpśelaśe noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Macedonian
1 entries- крвопролевање noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Malay
1 entries- pertumpahan darah noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Middle English
1 entries- larder noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Māori
1 entries- tārukenga noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Old English
1 entries- blōdgyte noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قان noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Persian
1 entries- خونریزی noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Polish
4 entries- przekrwienie noun (bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye)
- przelew krwi noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- przelew krwi noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- przelew krwi noun (shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ)
Portuguese
3 entries- carnificina noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- derramamento de sangue noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- massacre noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Russian
3 entries- кровопроли́тие noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- кровопроли́тие noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- резня́ noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- dòrtadh-fala noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- dòrtadh-fala noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- krvoproliće noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- крвопролиће noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Slovak
2 entries- krvipreliatie noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- krviprelievanie noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Slovene
1 entries- prelivanje krvi noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Spanish
4 entries- carnicería noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- derramamiento de sangre noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- derramamiento sanguíneo noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- derrame de sangre noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Swahili
2 entries- umwagaji damu noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- umwagaji damu noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Swedish
4 entries- blodspillan noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- blodspillan noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
- blodsutgjutelse noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
- blodsutgjutelse noun (carnage, destruction of life, slaughter)
Tajik
1 entries- хунрезӣ noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кровопроли́ття noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Uzbek
1 entries- xunrezlik noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự đổ máu noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Welsh
1 entries- tywallt gwaed noun (shedding or spilling of blood)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I just don't want there to be any bloodshed.
Source: tatoeba (2030026)
Esperanto spread around the world without bloodshed. What other world language can make the same boast?
Source: tatoeba (3448594)
I appeal to stop the bloodshed immediately.
Source: tatoeba (3486233)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.