blood·stained

[bluhd-steynd]
adjective
1.
stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
2.
guilty of murder, slaughter, or bloodshed.

Origin:
1590–1600; blood + stained; see stain, -ed2

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bloodstained (ˈblʌdˌsteɪnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
stained by or covered in blood

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Bloodstained is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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.
Example sentences
The droppings which may start out as pasty and yellow, may become bloodstained
  due to intestinal ulceration.
Sanders was seen the next day in bloodstained clothing, and then asked a friend
  to get some gasoline for him.
Bullet-torn and bloodstained, they must be preserved for future generations as
  symbols of valor and dedicated service.
Air dry if wet or bloodstained and collect trace evidence on paper placed under
  the sheet while drying.
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