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curdle the blood

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cur⋅dle

[kur-dl]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -dled, -dling.
1. to change into curd; coagulate; congeal.
2. to spoil; turn sour.
3. to go wrong; turn bad or fail: Their friendship began to curdle as soon as they became business rivals.
4. curdle the or one's blood, to fill a person with horror or fear; terrify: a scream that curdled the blood.

Origin:
1580–90; curd + -le


curdler, noun
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