bloodstained
adjective
blood·stained
ˈbləd-ˌstānd 
1
: stained with blood
2
: involved with slaughter
a bloodstained chronicle of war
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had to throw away the bloodstained washcloth after a particularly bad nosebleed
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On a bluff high above the bloodstained shores, service units—often made up of African American soldiers—began the arduous process of digging graves.
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Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
Once the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, he was acquitted after a DNA test showed that the bloodstained clothing which was used to convict him was planted long after the murders, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
—Chris Lau and Yumi Asada, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Brenton Clarke was arrested three weeks ago in bloodstained clothes for allegedly beating to death two men and hospitalizing two other people in downtown Miami.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
Video footage shared on social media showed bloodstained floors.
—David C. Adams, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
Once the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, he was acquitted after a DNA test showed that the bloodstained clothing which was used to convict him was planted long after the murders, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
—Chris Lau and Yumi Asada, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Brenton Clarke was arrested three weeks ago in bloodstained clothes for allegedly beating to death two men and hospitalizing two other people in downtown Miami.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
Video footage shared on social media showed bloodstained floors.
—David C. Adams, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Bloodstained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodstained. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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