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A blood sport or bloodsport is a category of sport or entertainment that involves bloodshed. [1] Common examples of the former include combat sports such as cockfighting and dog fighting, and some forms of hunting and fishing. Activities characterized as blood sports, but involving only human participants, include the ancient Roman gladiatorial ...
Bloodshed may refer to: Bloodshed (comics), a character in the Marvel Universe; Bloodshed, a 2005 film by Jim McMahon; Bloodshed, a 2004 compilation album by Krisiun ...
The belief in the necessity of spilled blood and death in order to make restitution for adultery and murder was aided by a generally favorable view of capital punishment, the idea that spilled blood "cries out" for retribution, the "blood for blood" doctrine that says crimes of bloodshed should be punished by the spilling of blood, and the ...
As ‘Grotesquerie’ Uses Bloodshed to Wrestle With Religion and Politics, Its Cast Finds Refuge in the Sacred and Profane: ‘The Ryan Murphy Universe Is a Blessing’
ANALYSIS: Facing the severest security crisis in decades, Benjamin Netanyahu will have to deal with a push for an all-out ground war from hardliners in his coalition government, writes Kim Sengupta.
Bloody, as an adjective or adverb, is an expletive attributive commonly used in British English, Irish English, New Zealand English and Australian English; it is also present in Canadian English, Indian English, Malaysian/Singaporean English, Hawaiian English, South African English, and a number of other Commonwealth of nations.
The Norsemen entering the pact of foster brotherhood (Icelandic: Fóstbræðralag) involved a rite in which they let their blood flow while they ducked underneath an arch formed by a strip of turf propped up by a spear or spears.
A bloodless war is generally a small conflict, crisis, or dispute between rival groups that is resolved without human death or injury, though the threat of violence may seem likely at the time.