Idiom
shed blood
Meaning
To kill or wound, or be wounded or killed, in violence.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The soldiers shed blood to protect their home.”
“The history of the region is tragic because so many people shed blood during the long civil war.”
“Throughout the centuries, countless generations have shed blood on these fields in a desperate struggle to defend their sovereignty.”
Examples
simple
“The soldiers shed blood to protect their home.”
contextual
“The history of the region is tragic because so many people shed blood during the long civil war.”
complex
“Throughout the centuries, countless generations have shed blood on these fields in a desperate struggle to defend their sovereignty.”
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