bloodless

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blood·less | \ ˈbləd-ləs

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

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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 on the Web Russia's fairly bloodless takeover of Crimea this past spring gave the world a look at the modern body armor and other gear worn by the occupying troops. — Jeremy Hsu, Scientific American, ""Ambiguous" Warfare Buys Upgrade Time for Russia's Military," 12 Aug. 2014 Oyler’s project is a worthy one, although her execution wound up too bloodless. — Kate Knibbs, Wired, "Two Paths for the Extremely Online Novel," 1 Feb. 2021 When your encounters and negotiations veer into name-calling or emotional manipulation, steer it back to the bloodless practicality of who gets the bookshelf. — Amy Dickinson, Star Tribune, "Ask Amy: Breakup encounters should be negotiations," 8 Jan. 2021 Although Thailand moved from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy in a bloodless revolution in 1932, the palace retains wide-ranging powers and is deeply embedded in the economic and cultural fabric of the country. — Washington Post, "Thailand declares state of emergency to stop protests," 15 Oct. 2020 Then came a wave of exhaustion, a tiredness limp and bloodless. — Seija Rankin, EW.com, "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote her first piece of fiction since Americanah — read an excerpt," 7 Oct. 2020 Cameron wants to repeat himself endlessly about facts, because facts have a way of coming off as unassailable and bloodless. — Zz Packer, The New Yorker, "The Empty Facts of the Breonna Taylor Decision," 27 Sep. 2020 What happened in Venezuela is a less bloodless version of what Senator Elizabeth Warren and her colleagues propose to do in the United States. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "Reality Bites," 6 Sep. 2020 Then head of the military police, Jammeh lead a bloodless coup that took control of The Gambia in 1994. — Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com, "6 beds, 9 baths, 1 exiled Gambian president: Lawsuit seeks forfeiture of Maryland mansion owned by Yahya Jammeh," 4 Aug. 2020

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