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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Reportedly, 3 lakh acres of farmlands have been damaged and according to the Punjab state government half a million people across 23 districts have been affected by floods.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre will return to its home base, the Warwick Theatre, next week for its first production there since a fire badly damaged the historic venue 19 months ago.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
16 Sep. 2025
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The next day, Encarnacion hit a 442-foot homer in his second at-bat of the game, then injured his hamstring in his third at-bat as Encarnacion tried running out an infield single.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 Sep. 2025
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The police said 26 officers were injured, including four seriously.—
Vitalii Yalahuzian,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The disruptions come amid a WNBA season in which multiple games were marred by the objects making appearances on the court.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Each death was devastating to relatives and friends left behind, and the first decades of the twentieth century were marred by individual grief on a global scale.—
Alice Vernon
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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The crisis has taken a toll on the Cuban population and sparked protests, crippled the economy and affected tourism.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
10 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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But some of his campaign’s reactions to Fetterman’s stroke in May 2022 hurt his chances even more.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Lopes is a very tough fighter, but his inability to stay technical will hurt him against the powerful Silva.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Childhood illnesses had severely weakened her own heart.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2025
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Since then, the legal safeguards against such encounters have weakened.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Bloodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodied. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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