Bloodshed

Noun

 * 1) The shedding or spilling of blood.
 * 2) A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.
 * 3)  The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
 * 4)  A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.

Adjectives for Bloodshed
wanton; continued; unspeakable; needless; callous; ruthless.

Verbs for Bloodshed
attend with—; conquer without—; denounce —; die in—; ease—; end in—; free from—; instigate—; involve—; precipitate—; pro-yoke—; result in—; revel in—; steep in—; suffer—; terminate in—; win through—.

Synonyms
bloodletting; bloodbath; carnage

Related terms
bloodshedder; bloodshedding

Thesaurus
all-out war, appeal to arms, armed combat, armed conflict, attack, bane, battle, belligerence, belligerency, blood, bloodbath, bloodletting, braining, butchery, carnage, combat, dealing death, destruction, destruction of life, dispatch, euthanasia, execution, extermination, fighting, flow of blood, genocide, gore, hostilities, hot war, immolation, kill, killing, la guerre, lapidation, martyrdom, martyrization, mercy killing, might of arms, military operations, murder, open hostilities, open war, poisoning, resort to arms, ritual killing, ritual murder, sacrifice, shooting, shooting war, slaughter, slaying, state of war, stoning, taking of life, the sword, total war, violence, war, warfare, warmaking, warring, wartime

Etymology
blood + to shed