bloodless

adjective

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.

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Given the mismanagement of what are by some measures the world’s largest reserves, a bloodless coup actually might be bearish for oil prices in the longer run. — Spencer Jakab, WSJ, "Why the Oil Market Is Shrugging at Venezuela," 24 Jan. 2019 This is not some CSI-style procedural, where catching murderers is a high-tech, bloodless, impersonal operation. — Noel Murray, The Verge, "This weekend, stream some ‘Nordic noir’ on Netflix, starting with Deadwind," 9 Nov. 2018 The accompanying gore is similarly contained, at least in the beginning and midsection of the film: Where Argento’s Suspiria exults in blood early and exorbitantly, Guadagnino’s version is relatively bloodless until the very end. — Aja Romano, Vox, "How Suspiria turns the color red into a plot point," 9 Nov. 2018 Then there was the bloodless Senator from Connecticut, the guy repeatedly lied about serving in Vietnam, trying his best to impugn another man's integrity. — Fox News, "Brit Hume on fallout from Kavanaugh hearing; Alan Dershowitz on Rachel Mitchell's performance," 28 Sep. 2018 In 29 pages of bloodless prosecutorial language, Mueller sketches out a concerted and methodical effort to corrupt the American democratic process. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "Truth Without Consequences," 13 July 2018 Mugabe, 93, was deposed in a near-bloodless coup in the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 15, with Emmerson Mnangagwa later becoming the southern African nation’s second president since independence in 1980. — Godfrey Marawanyika, Bloomberg.com, "Zimbabwean Opposition Leader Tsvangirai Suggests He May Retire," 8 Jan. 2018 Yet by then the head was bloodless in the dust, sightless, thoughtless, and beyond words. — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, "The Khan of Madiganistan keeps his head by severing another's," 7 June 2018 Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is riding high after his recent twin victories: the defeat of ISIS and the relatively bloodless recapture of oil-rich Kirkuk and other territories occupied by the Kurds. — Bartle Bull And Douglas Ollivant, WSJ, "Will Iraq ‘Lean West’ or ‘Lean Iran’?," 10 May 2018

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