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as in red
smeared or stained with blood
after the fight, her shirt was all bloody
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as in murderous
eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing
a bloody battle a bloody movie that is unsuitable for children
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as in to damage
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 bloody
Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
In 2022, the year Klum's daughter, Leni, made her debut at the party, the pair switched tunes but went just as macabre with Klum as a worm and Kaulitz as a bloody-eyed fisherman.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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
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Adjective
Even so, to take on one of the most famous women in history — and through a lens so bloody and violent — is a mighty tall order.
—Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
In 2022, the year Klum's daughter, Leni, made her debut at the party, the pair switched tunes but went just as macabre with Klum as a worm and Kaulitz as a bloody-eyed fisherman.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloody
Adjective
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The Goldberg-Polin’s’ own apartment balcony is draped in an enormous red banner that bears his image.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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The fresh red bell peppers in this meal are packed with nutrients, especially vitamin C and A for the immune system and eye health.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Those settlers managed to make an underground river with murderous maggots on unstable terrain into a tourist attraction in record time.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The stories of the state's historic lodges are full of resilience, overcoming natural and economic disasters, and in one case, a brush with a murderous gang of bank robbers.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At the same time, people familiar with the investigation told me that Khan has devoted much of his defense to convincing investigators that Israel and its allies are exploiting the accuser in order to damage him and the court.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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This common strain releases a toxin that can damage blood vessels in the intestines and kidneys, which can cause serious complications like kidney damage.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Most are light to medium brown in color, though some may appear darker, ranging from reddish to chocolate brown, according to the extension service.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
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For example, a pink or reddish color in salmon comes from the antioxidant astaxanthin, which is a carotenoid that wild fish get from eating shellfish like krill or shrimp.—
Simon Spichak,
Health,
1 Oct. 2025
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What little momentum the Broncos created was frequently marred by penalties, and a third-down sack had ruined a scoring chance in the first half.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The show was marred only by an audio mix that dimmed Coleman’s evocative voice amid a wash of instruments — at least from this reviewer’s spot in the Fox — but the Red Clay Strays’ impact shone through nevertheless.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Satanic Rites approaches the genre in an inspired way that more films should — as a gory political thriller with vampires.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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This is a gory movie that doesn’t make for easy viewing, so maybe watch on an empty stomach.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The scene, which was not in Stephenie Meyer's 2008 book that the movie was adapted from, raised eyebrows for its brutal killings of vampires Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli) and Jasper Hale (Jackson Rathbone), as well as werewolves Seth (Booboo Stewart) and Leah Clearwater (Julia Jones).—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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In a new era of Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders, the race to own Birmingham’s massive reconstruction project becomes a brutal contest of mythical dimensions.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Police in England said one of the two Jewish community members killed and one of the victims injured during an attack at a synagogue on Yom Kippur are now believed to have been struck by police gunfire as officers tried to stop the attacker.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The kids associate helicopters with life flights to the local hospital, a sign that someone has been seriously injured, Cornelison said.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Bloody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloody. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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