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
We were bullied, after all, by the older teenagers who beat us on a regular basis, bloodied our mouths with one punch.
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Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
In Round 2, the numbers were still competitive, but Jandiroba caught Dern with a knee and bloodied her up.
—Brett Appley, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Season 1 ended with heroes Brian and Ellen getting their hands bloodied while trying to run away together.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
Photos of the man shared with IndyStar show him on a hospital bed, bloodied, with a neck brace and a large gash on the left side of his face.
—IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
Physics took care of the rest, and while knees and elbows were bloodied and egos were bruised, the ensuing spill may have worked in the league’s favor.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Antao was left cut and bloodied by the altercation.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
At the end of the season four finale, his body was found bloodied in a fountain in the building’s courtyard.
—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
Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
In Round 2, the numbers were still competitive, but Jandiroba caught Dern with a knee and bloodied her up.
—Brett Appley, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Season 1 ended with heroes Brian and Ellen getting their hands bloodied while trying to run away together.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
Photos of the man shared with IndyStar show him on a hospital bed, bloodied, with a neck brace and a large gash on the left side of his face.
—IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
Physics took care of the rest, and while knees and elbows were bloodied and egos were bruised, the ensuing spill may have worked in the league’s favor.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Antao was left cut and bloodied by the altercation.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
At the end of the season four finale, his body was found bloodied in a fountain in the building’s courtyard.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodied
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Your homes may have been damaged or destroyed and your communities and towns no longer look the same.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Many tender crops die back with the first fall frost, while hardier plants may linger longer but still be damaged by freezes.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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Frazier Rehabilitation Institute In 1929, Amelia Brown Frazier, George Garvin Brown’s granddaughter, was injured in an automobile accident that changed her life forever.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Police are responding to a shooting that left multiple people injured at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University Saturday night, during the school’s Homecoming weekend.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement While the commercial supply of goods has improved since the cease-fire deal, the flow of humanitarian aid continues to be marred by bureaucracy, delays, and blockages.—
Anna Halford,
Time,
25 Oct. 2025
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Martin starred as one of the NFL’s top running backs a decade ago, in a career that was also marred by injuries and off-field challenges.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Despite possessing some of the world’s largest oil reserves, mismanagement and falling global prices have crippled the economy.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Sanctions have crippled the government’s primary source of revenue, oil exports, limiting the state’s ability to provide for millions of impoverished Iranians through social safety nets.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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If they were considered unimportant to the team’s chances of success, Zidane and Ancelotti did not worry too much if their feelings got hurt.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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This week's episode began with the announcement that Elaine Hendrix, star of the 1998 version of The Parent Trap, would be unable to compete in the competition that evening, after hurting her rib during rehearsals the same morning.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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After accounting for lifestyle variables like exercise, the effects weakened a bit as, for example, more active people tend to spend more time outdoors.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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San Francisco artificial intelligence giant OpenAI weakened its chatbots’ anti-suicide protections in the run-up to the death of teenager Adam Raine, according to new claims in a lawsuit by the boy’s parents.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Bloodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodied. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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