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Definition of bloody adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    bloody

     adjective
    adjective
    NAmE//ˈblʌdi//
     
    (bloodier, bloodiest)
     
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  1. 1involving a lot of violence and killing a bloody battle The terrorists have halted their bloody campaign of violence.
  2. 2covered with blood; bleeding to give someone a bloody nose (= in a fight) bloody fingerprints
bloodily
 
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NAmE//ˈblʌdl̩i//
 
adverbIdioms
scream bloody murder
 
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2to scream loudly and for a long time, especially in order to protest about somethingSee bloody in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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