without bloodshed wit·houtb·loods·hed uncommon adverb 1. in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood “the coup disposed of the dictator bloodlessly” Synonymsbloodlesslywithout bloodshed Antonymsbloodily Related words Pertaining to bloodless WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.