the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Bloodshed.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The shedding of blood; the crime of shedding blood or taking human life.
n. The act of shedding one's own blood.
Word Usage
"Jews would have none of this: to them there was only one God and it was inconceivable that he would ever be part of a bloodshedding cult, for they regarded anything connected with blood and the grave as unclean and abhorrent."