the field of blood

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the field of blood - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aceldama \A*cel"da*ma\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Syr. [=o]k[=e]l dam[=o]
     the field of blood.]
     The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem,
     purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his
     Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A
     field of bloodshed.
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           The system of warfare . . . which had already converted
           immense tracts into one universal aceldama. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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