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Meanings of bloodless in English

Portuguese
incruento

Free from blood or bloodshed.

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incruento

Anemic looking from illness or emotion.

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Pub Quiz Question: Which English footballer appears in the bloody-thirsty blockbuster Hannibal?
The Irish Times
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It is a torture long and slow; the agony and bloody sweat.
With Rimington
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I say genius: it might more accurately be described as sheer bloody-mindedness.
The Guardian
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The action was obstinate and bloody; but their numbers and perseverance prevailed.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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The skin was lying in a bloody heap outside the back door.
From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine

Destitute of blood or apparently so.

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Usage of bloodless in English
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However, the country in general has remained calm since the bloodless coup.
Reuters
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What has so far been a bloodless coup could yet turn lethal.
The Guardian
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Elsewhere, particularly in the Western world, the contests have been largely bloodless.
Reuters
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The bloodless ouster was Pakistan's fourth military coup since independence in 1947.
Reuters
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Given the times, a suitably bloodless, bureaucratic end to a colorful tradition.
Wired
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I hope to God it'll be a comparatively bloodless Reconstruction this time.
Go Set a Watchman
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The hue is rather bloodless and leaden; but he was alway sallow.
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
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His opponent in the bloodless arena of Science saved him by interrupting:
The Mummy and Miss Nitocris: A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension
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In fact, it seems this bloodless transition was executed with military precision.
The South African
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If that wasn't a bloodless military coup, he wasn't sure what was.
Anvil Gate
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The brow was furrowed, the breathing hard, the mouth dry and bloodless.
The History of David Grieve
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But no answer came from the bloodless lips of the cornered villain.
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; Or, The Crime of the Midnigh...
13
The writhing fingers of the pale mist did not go thence bloodless.
Rolling Stones
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Saw himself and the bloodless blonde his father had chosen for him.
The inconvenient bride
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So the siege of Camalodunum was raised, and the bloodless rebellion ended.
Historic Girls: Stories Of Girls Who Have Influenced The History...
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The scariest scene in John Carpenter's original 1978 Halloween is completely bloodless.
Wired
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incruento
Bloodless through the time
Bloodless across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common