bloodstained
Americanadjective
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stained with blood.
a bloodstained knife.
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guilty of murder, slaughter, or bloodshed.
adjective
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Appearing in a bloodstained shirt after the ordeal, Yaniv Hayun told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he realised something was wrong when the aircraft suddenly dropped.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Gory giveaway: A replica bloodstained jersey from a baseball great.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026
Olsen cut the liver into small pieces, offering it with bloodstained fingers to friends and family gathered around the table.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
When the New York Times profiled Ms. Rodríguez as a “moderate,” a backlash erupted: Thousands on X ridiculed the paper for whitewashing her bloodstained record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
We’d lost the distiller setup, the tarp, jugs, paddles, tools, rags, everything but the bloodstained sail, which was too worn and torn to hold water.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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