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bloodless

DEFINITIONS OF: bloodless

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adj free from blood or bloodshed

bloodless surgery”
“a bloodless coup”
Synonyms
nonviolent, unbloody
achieved without bloodshed
Antonyms:
bloody
having or covered with or accompanied by blood
blood-filled
containing blood
bloodstained, gory
covered with blood
bloodsucking
drawing blood from the body of another
bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, sanguinary
marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
crimson, red, violent
characterized by violence or bloodshed
homicidal, murderous
characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being
butcherly, gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous
accompanied by bloodshed
internecine
characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides
merciless, unmerciful
having or showing no mercy
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adj destitute of blood or apparently so

“"the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden”
Synonyms:
exsanguine, exsanguinous
dead
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

adj anemic looking from illness or emotion

“tried to speak with bloodless lips”
Synonyms:
ashen, blanched, livid, white
colorless, colourless
weak in color; not colorful

adj without vigor or zest or energy

“an insipid and bloodless young man”
Synonyms
spiritless
lacking ardor or vigor or energy

adj devoid of human emotion or feeling

“charts of bloodless economic indicators”
Synonyms
nonhuman
not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings
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