How to say "bloodshed" in Japanese

• 流血りゅうけつCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe general word for bloodshed — blood spilled in violence, fighting or political upheaval. It fits descriptions of clashes, coups and riots that turn bloody.
  警察けいさつは流血りゅうけつを避さけたかった。↗

  The police wanted to avoid bloodshed.
• 刃傷にんじょうCommon
  nounA narrow term: bloodshed as an incident of wounding someone with a blade — cutting or stabbing. For bloodshed in general it is seldom the word you want.
• 殺傷さっしょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbBloodshed as the act of killing and wounding — inflicting death or injury. It suits factual accounts of violent incidents in which people are killed or hurt.

Choose 流血 for bloodshed in the general sense of blood spilled in violent conflict, 殺傷 for bloodshed as the act of killing and wounding, and 刃傷 only for bloodshed caused by a bladed attack.

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• 流血りゅうけつbloodshed
• 刃傷にんじょうbloodshed
• 殺傷さっしょうkilling and wounding
• 刃傷沙汰にんじょうざたbloodshed
• 血の雨ちのあめbloodshed
• 流血沙汰りゅうけつざたbloodshed