as in damaged
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
the politician's reputation was permanently bloodied by the rumors of corruption
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Recent Examples of bloodied
At the end of the season four finale, his body was found bloodied in a fountain in the building’s courtyard.
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Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In that last act, your character is battered and bloodied beyond belief.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
The agent is then seen placing his knee near Ricardo’s neck, whose face appears bloodied from his fall, in an attempt to subdue him, before taking him away.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Two days after Burrell’s birthday party, on Christmas Eve 2022, the group allegedly stole bags of marijuana from an Oakland cannabis dispensary and left an employee bloodied.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Directed by James Gunn, the Man of Steel is shown bloodied by a crash landing at the beginning of the trailer before he’s rescued by his super-cute superpup, Krypto.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
The clip opens dramatically with Superman lying battered and bloodied in the middle of a desolate snowy landscape, shifting back-and-forth showing Clark Kent in day-to-day life as a reporter at the newspaper The Daily Planet.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
We’ve been bloodied and bandaged and bloodied again.
—Charles Moss, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024
Another neighbor, also bloodied from a beating, fainted.
—Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In that last act, your character is battered and bloodied beyond belief.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
The agent is then seen placing his knee near Ricardo’s neck, whose face appears bloodied from his fall, in an attempt to subdue him, before taking him away.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Two days after Burrell’s birthday party, on Christmas Eve 2022, the group allegedly stole bags of marijuana from an Oakland cannabis dispensary and left an employee bloodied.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Directed by James Gunn, the Man of Steel is shown bloodied by a crash landing at the beginning of the trailer before he’s rescued by his super-cute superpup, Krypto.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
The clip opens dramatically with Superman lying battered and bloodied in the middle of a desolate snowy landscape, shifting back-and-forth showing Clark Kent in day-to-day life as a reporter at the newspaper The Daily Planet.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
We’ve been bloodied and bandaged and bloodied again.
—Charles Moss, SPIN, 17 Dec. 2024
Another neighbor, also bloodied from a beating, fainted.
—Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodied
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Six houses were also damaged in the attack, Kondratiev said.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Niacinamide, which is a form of Vitamin B3, is rich in antioxidants that help combat oily and sun-damaged skin, according to the brand.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Shots fired before dawn in a Charlotte business district killed one person and critically injured another, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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Bundy statement raises question of rogue FBI round Ammon Bundy’s brother, Ryan Bundy, was also injured in the incident.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Boy Meets World — Savage’s comedy legacy has been marred by multiple misconduct allegations over the years.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Holes marred the walls in the kitchen under the dish machine, dry storage and dish storage rooms.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Tony and Ziva race to the scene, finding the place crippled by a power outage followed by a ransom request for 115 million Euros.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
4 Sep. 2025
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The last time active-duty military was sent to Chicago against the wishes of local officials was on July 4, 1894, according to the archives of the Chicago Tribune, when a labor dispute at a Pullman factory crippled the nation’s rail industry and resulted in days of rioting.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Although Hill later attributed his end-of-season outburst to frustration due to a fractured wrist that ailed him all season and the Dolphins’ lack of a playoff berth, his actions likely hurt many of his teammates.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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Yet even in the face of these losses, many retailers remain hesitant to modernize their approach to returns, fearing that stricter policies could hurt customer satisfaction.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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The problem is that what gets cut isn’t always cosmetic, and sometimes the very safeguards designed to block harmful outputs, such as hate speech or criminal instructions, are weakened or lost.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the latest jobs report confirmed that the labor market weakened sharply over the spring and summer and that sectors most affected by tariffs have seen the biggest losses.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Bloodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodied. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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