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
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.
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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
Ji Chang-wook, who plays a shady broker, is bloodied and battered from the beginning of the series to the end.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Led by vocalist Christina Michelle’s hair-raising screams, Deep Sage mangles everything in its path with thick basslines and switchblade guitars until the floor is bloodied but the air, at long last, is cleansed.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
None was bigger than the Ohio State-Michigan brawl, which left players and coaches bloodied, and at least one officer injured.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 1 Dec. 2024
The Buckeyes and attendees rushed to stop them from doing so, and the eventual five-minute-long scuffle left players and coaches bloodied and one Ohio State University police officer injured.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 30 Nov. 2024
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
Ji Chang-wook, who plays a shady broker, is bloodied and battered from the beginning of the series to the end.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Led by vocalist Christina Michelle’s hair-raising screams, Deep Sage mangles everything in its path with thick basslines and switchblade guitars until the floor is bloodied but the air, at long last, is cleansed.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
None was bigger than the Ohio State-Michigan brawl, which left players and coaches bloodied, and at least one officer injured.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 1 Dec. 2024
The Buckeyes and attendees rushed to stop them from doing so, and the eventual five-minute-long scuffle left players and coaches bloodied and one Ohio State University police officer injured.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 30 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodied
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Lincoln Hospital was where Shirley Vasquez and all the other parents, like her, took their children when they were injured or ill.Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
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People who don’t understand, like, people get injured.Law Murray, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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But others argue these budget controls are ensuring Connecticut won’t return to the 2010s, a decade marred by frequent annual deficits and some of the largest tax hikes in state history.Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
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The couple welcomed two children, True, 6, and Tatum, 2, but their romance was marred by Thompson's multiple cheating scandals.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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The first-term mayor said $17.8 million in LAFD reductions hasn't hurt efforts to knock down the still out-of-control Palisades Fire.Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Can Berube afford to have more of those mistakes in his own end hurt a team that’s already short-handed?Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Bloodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodied. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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