bloodletting

1. N-UNCOUNT Bloodletting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies. 血拼; 流血事件; 尤指敌对军队双方的暴力或杀戮

Once again there's been ferocious bloodletting in the township. 镇上再次发生了血腥杀戮事件。

2. N-UNCOUNT Journalists sometimes refer to a bitter quarrel between two groups of people from within the same organization as bloodletting. (同一个组织内部两队人马之间发生的)互不相让的激烈争吵

Hopefully a satisfactory solution can be reached without much bloodletting. 希望不需要经过激烈的争吵就可以达成令人满意的解决方案。