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Recent Examples of bloodshed
The latest bloodshed in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict was triggered in October 2023, when Palestinian Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 and taking about 250 hostages, according to Israeli allies.
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USA Today, 17 June 2025
Israel and its rivals have not resolved their political disputes, which in some cases have been further inflamed by the bloodshed.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 28 June 2025
Federal prosecutors said Monday that the man charged with shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses, killing one couple, went to two other legislators’ homes that night, bent on more bloodshed.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025
Police in Northern Ireland sporadically come under attack whenever tensions rise in parts of the British region, 27 years after a peace deal ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed there.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
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USA Today, 17 June 2025
Israel and its rivals have not resolved their political disputes, which in some cases have been further inflamed by the bloodshed.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 28 June 2025
Federal prosecutors said Monday that the man charged with shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses, killing one couple, went to two other legislators’ homes that night, bent on more bloodshed.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 June 2025
Police in Northern Ireland sporadically come under attack whenever tensions rise in parts of the British region, 27 years after a peace deal ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed there.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodshed
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Their target: a U.S. fugitive linked to multiple murders.—
Aya Al-Hakim,
People.com,
13 July 2025
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Ten Broward Sheriff’s deputies and sergeants who were entangled in the shocking and chaotic triple murder in Tamarac earlier this year have been recommended for termination, the union representing the sheriff’s office announced.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
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Gregory, a horrified business owner who was arriving at work in Sunset Park when the battered BMW sped past him, said he was stunned by the carnage the BMW left behind.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
12 July 2025
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Voicework: Doogie Is Deadpool Deadpool VR nails the carnage, but the cherry on top is Deadpool himself.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
15 June 2025
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The first half begins in Poland, where seven-year-old Jakob Beer is the sole member of his Jewish family to survive the Nazis’ brutal slaughter.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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Jess remembers her first on-farm slaughter years ago when a female spooked and tore through the woods.—
Bennet Goldstein,
jsonline.com,
4 July 2025
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Orlov also pointed her to Voit's location, leading to the hospital massacre and her abduction of Voit and Dr. Ochoa.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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The season traces the brutal machinery of empire: propaganda, collaborators, betrayal and the looming massacre of civilians on Ghorman, a peaceful planet crushed for daring to protest.—
Los Angeles Times Staff,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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Hall, of course, plays Dexter Morgan, a Miami police forensics specialist who delivers his own brand of justice with his serial killing ways.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Investigators said the man exhibited mental health issues before the girls' killings, according to the court papers.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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The suspect called 911 to report the victims' death, then later turned herself in as a suspect in the double slaying, police said.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Ruben Perez, 46, was taken into custody in the Midway District shortly after 10 a.m. on suspicion of murder in the slaying of Jason Poindexter, 46, according to the San Diego Police Department.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Police leveled the manslaughter charges against Carter after uncovering more than 1,000 text messages between her and Roy.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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Raul Valle was found not guilty on the most serious charges tied to a stabbing outside a Shelton house party in 2022 that left one teen dead and three others injured, but the partial verdict leaves the door open for prosecutors to pursue additional manslaughter and assault charges.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
11 July 2025
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He has not been charged federally with homicide or aggravated assault.—
Raphael Romero Ruiz,
AZCentral.com,
12 July 2025
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The Staten Island resident is facing manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, among other charges.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
12 July 2025
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“Bloodshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodshed. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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