Bloodshed
Bloodshed noun - The shedding of blood resulting in murder.
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Cold war
Cold war noun - A state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States.
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- hostility and bloodshed
- hostility and cold war
- strike and bloodshed
- strike and cold war
- contest and bloodshed
- contest and cold war
- struggle and bloodshed
- struggle and cold war
- conflict and bloodshed
- conflict and cold war
- combat and bloodshed
- combat and cold war
- battle and bloodshed
- battle and cold war
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Bilbo himself, in stealing the Arkenstone and handing it over to the Elvenking and Bard, raises tensions between them and Thorin from merely a Mexican standoff/cold war to imminent bloodshed, despite his good intentions.
Source: Literature / The Hobbit -
He was never exactly stable to begin with due to the death of his son and his cold war with Tyrande, but the revelation that Xavius has duped him into causing the bloodshed surrounding Teldrassil proved to be the final straw for his sanity, leading him to becoming The Dragon for Ragnaros.
Source: Go Mad from the Revelation - Having been reduced to a neutral Cold War buffer by the time Doomsday came, he was powerless to stop the bloodshed and save Hungary, which would come to haunt him in the years to come.
Source: Vestigial Empire
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