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bloody

adjective as in hard-fought

adjective as in (used as intensifier)

Strongest matches

Strong match

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Deep dives into his macabre oeuvre - which is peppered with references to death, remembrance, violence and bloody motifs - have led some to question if life was imitating art and vice versa.

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Following a bloody and disputed 2007 election, he became prime minister in a unity government.

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The judge described Russia's invasion as "a bloody and genocidal attack" and argued, quoting Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas, saying that Ukraine had the legal right to defend itself.

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Some of the bloodiest scenes occurred on 5 August, the day Hasina fled by helicopter before crowds stormed her residence in Dhaka, a BBC investigation found.

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He was found washing his bloody clothes in a laundromat after reading an article about the arrest of his sister and her boyfriend, prosecutors said.

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