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bloodless

[bluhd-lis]

blood·less

[bluhd-lis]
adjective
1.
without blood: bloodless surgery.
2.
very pale: a bloodless face.
3.
free from bloodshed; accomplished without bloodshed: a bloodless victory; a bloodless coup.
4.
spiritless; without vigor, zest, or energy: a dull, insipid, bloodless young man.
5.
without emotion or feeling; cold-hearted: bloodless data.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English blodles, Old English blōdlēas. See blood, -less

blood·less·ly, adverb
blood·less·ness, noun
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Bloodless is always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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bloodless (ˈblʌdlɪs)
 
adj
1.  without blood
2.  conducted without violence (esp in the phrase bloodless revolution)
3.  anaemic-looking; pale
4.  lacking vitality; lifeless
5.  lacking in emotion; cold; unfeeling
 
'bloodlessly
 
adv
 
'bloodlessness
 
n

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