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Recent Examples of bloodshed
The bloodshed underscores fears the new authorities will be unable to contain the violence and bring stability to Syria, a country devastated by conflict since 2011.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
The bloodshed at the hands of a teenager with a semiautomatic rifle spurred unusual activism from surviving students.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The bloodshed came less than three hours after 15-year-old Heath Campbell was shot in the head and a 16-year-old boy was hit in the shoulder about a mile away — on E. 93rd St. near Rutland Road in East Flatbush — just before 3:35 p.m., cops said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
But the bloodshed received very little national attention until the night in 1975 when two FBI agents, Ronald Arthur Williams and Jack Ross Coler, drove onto the reservation, allegedly following a suspect.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
The bloodshed at the hands of a teenager with a semiautomatic rifle spurred unusual activism from surviving students.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The bloodshed came less than three hours after 15-year-old Heath Campbell was shot in the head and a 16-year-old boy was hit in the shoulder about a mile away — on E. 93rd St. near Rutland Road in East Flatbush — just before 3:35 p.m., cops said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
But the bloodshed received very little national attention until the night in 1975 when two FBI agents, Ronald Arthur Williams and Jack Ross Coler, drove onto the reservation, allegedly following a suspect.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
Noun
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They were taken down after the racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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He was charged with the murder of 13 people, the rape of around 50 women, and the commission of burglaries across California during the 1970s and 1980s.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Her concern over both the animals and the big picture, not to mention her frustration and anger over what legacies of long-grift greed have wrought, offers the tiniest beacon of feeling in a film preoccupied with teeing up some frankly unimpressive carnage.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
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That image is a little haunting today, given the city’s recent wildfire carnage, but that emergent feeling adds to the haunted mood pervading The Studio.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2025
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Here, Munir may be vaccinating chickens rather than grabbing them on their way to slaughter, but the work is just as thankless and cruel.—
Bartolomeo Sala,
The Dial,
27 Mar. 2025
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Some conservationists say the slaughter is cruel and unnecessary.—
Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Guttmann was most recently co-producer of Oscar nominee and ten-time German Film Award nominee September 5, about the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
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Related article Haiti gang massacre leaves over 180 dead after Voodoo accusations, say UN and rights groups Forces from the MSS and the Haitian National Police earlier carried out a search and rescue operation to locate the officer, Kenya’s National Police Service said.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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The attack sparked outrage on social media, with politicians from the north condemning the killings.—
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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The Homicide Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the killing, police said.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2025
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The killing marks the fifth slaying this year in the Bronx’s 44th Precinct, which saw 16 homicides in all of 2024, NYPD stats show.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Iran’s embassy in Abu Dhabi has denied Tehran was involved in the rabbi’s slaying, and the UAE has not made the allegation.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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She is charged with second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Troy Bree, 58, of Groton was charged Tuesday with driving the wrong way on a limited access highway, second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, misconduct with a motor vehicle and first-degree reckless endangerment, according to Connecticut State Police.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
26 Mar. 2025
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That can include multiple homicides or cases in which the victim is a law enforcement officer or witness to a crime.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Anyone with information is asked to contact homicide detectives at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS hotline anonymously at 816-474-TIPS.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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