WordNet
without bloodshed
adv. in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood; "the coup disposed of the dictator bloodlessly" [syn: bloodlessly] [ant: bloodily]
Usage examples of "without bloodshed".
He'd spent years establishing himself, and the first part of the process hadn't been without bloodshed.
We began to hope that the forceful Fuhrer might actually bring his new order to Europe without bloodshed, by default of the perpetrators of Versailles.
He keeps telling everyone it will be a triumph if we have these talks at all without bloodshed.
He again took on a town single-handedly, but this time without bloodshed.