Definition of bloodless
1 : deficient in or free from blood
2 : not accompanied by loss or shedding of blood a bloodless victory
3 : lacking in spirit or vitality
4 : lacking in human feeling bloodless statistics
bloodlessly
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Examples of bloodless in a Sentence
He fought his bloodless battles in the courtroom.
They took control of the government in a bloodless coup.
Her speeches are dull and bloodless.
a bunch of bloodless numbers and statistics
His face was bloodless with fear.
Recent Examples of bloodless from the Web
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The tension really goes back to June 1995, however, when Sheikh Hamad, who was crown prince at the time, replaced his father in a bloodless palace coup.
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The Osteoclast was surrounded in its display case by before-and-after photographs of children that had the 'bloodless' procedure done in the first couple of decades of the 20th century.
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The season’s first two episodes are directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey), and are instantly reminiscent of the almost clinically staged film, making Jean’s escapades feel bloodless and boring.
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What ultimately got Trumpcare a modicum of coverage wasn’t a critical mass of liberal outrage about secrecy, preventative deaths, or bloodless, soak-the-poor, right-wing ideology.
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Brooks Koepka played a bloodless round of golf, the sort that usually wins our Open.
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But the buzzsaw of electoral politics can cut jaggedly through the otherwise bloodless task of regulating the banking sector.
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Both opponents fell victim to delusions about bloodless victory without hard fighting.
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But his bloodless persona on the field is quite by design, instilled in him by his baseball coach father from since Vargas can remember.
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First Known Use of bloodless
before 12th century
BLOODLESS Defined for English Language Learners
bloodless
playDefinition of bloodless for English Language Learners
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: done without killing people
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: lacking feeling or emotion
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: pale in color
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