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bloodying

verb

present participle of bloody
as in damaging
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 bloodying Perry won the welterweight matchup on a doctor's stoppage after bloodying Diaz. — ABC News, 20 May 2026 LaForte hit the man in the face with a bottle, bloodying his nose, and the Gambino duo flipped the table, sending drinks and broken glass flying, according to court filings. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026 Miami got some good licks on Mendoza, bloodying his lip early on a shot from Jakobe Thomas that probably could have drawn a flag for targeting. — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2026 That was counterbalanced by a crew of youngsters who fit the Right to Dream philosophy of bloodying them early and often. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodying
  1. damaging
  2. injuring
  3. marring
  4. hurting
  5. crippling
  6. compromising
  7. weakening
  8. breaking
Verb
  • You can often get prequalified to get a sense of the rate and term a lender is likely to approve you for, without damaging your credit score.
    — Dan Avery,Brett Holzhauer, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Zelensky said that a passenger train was also struck in the Mykolaiv region on Wednesday, damaging a railway station and a diesel locomotive.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • North Korean mines in past years have occasionally washed down a swollen river into South Korea, killing or injuring civilians.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The roof of another building in Gaza City caved in Friday after a brief period of rain, the local civil defense force said, lightly injuring four children.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of injuring
Verb
  • The latter track takes overt inspiration from Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film Marie Antoinette, as Jepsen beckons her love to engage in life’s vices with her, like marring bedsheets with fruit stains and dashing nude through the garden.
    — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
  • There has been no evidence of widespread fraud marring American elections.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of marring
Verb
  • The attacks have hit publishers financially, Berezhna said, hurting their ability to invest in new authors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • This year's Dreamforce lands at a pivotal moment for Salesforce, which has been through a rocky year due to concerns about artificial intelligence hurting its business.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of hurting
Verb
  • Then, after becoming Trojans AD in August 2010, he was tasked with moving the athletic department past crippling NCAA sanctions.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • And the high pay they’re being offered as a lure is crippling the economy.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of crippling
Verb
  • Seventy years ago, Blancpain proved that making a women’s watch smaller did not mean compromising its mechanics.
    — Taylor Stoddard, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Through this, authorities have improved response times to sudden events such as blockages, signal failures or crowding without compromising live operations.
    — Miroslav Katsarov, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of compromising
Verb
  • That slows price increases by generally weakening economic growth.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The immediate priorities are to understand which existing revenue is most secure, where client demand may be weakening and which relationships could lead to additional or recurring work.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of weakening
Verb
  • There are already rumors of the Senate breaking for campaign season early, but Republican leadership still wants to confirm nominees and complete some regulatory rollbacks.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Yudkowsky took such tropes of rebellion and rule-breaking and built a philosophical apparatus around them.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of breaking

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“Bloodying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodying. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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