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(noun) gore
the shedding of blood resulting in murder
he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen
(noun) battue, bloodbath, bloodletting
indiscriminate slaughter
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