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Years later, in 2005, scientists took advantage of a more open government to draw blood samples from 93 residents of Liqian.

“The first thing on the list of care was to draw blood,” the EMT official said.

The brassy Baptist says AIDS is spread through gay men who wear sharp rings to draw blood out of their targets.

She found it very funny and entertaining to draw blood from suspects and arrestees.

That ad will draw blood and will—as Henry Kissinger used to say—have the additional merit of being true.

It had a weighted handle, and a long, snaky lash, and it was said that a man could draw blood with it.

Being convinced that Sarah Morduck caused his troubles, he scratched her "above the breath," to draw blood from her.

There are three sorts of people you must not let draw blood; first ignorant and inexperienced persons.

He rapped him on the shoulders two or three different times, I wouldn't say how often, but he didn't draw blood on Berg.

The quirt landed on the fellow's cheek with such force as to lay it open and draw blood.

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On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to draw blood, such as: batter, break, damage, harm, hurt, and maim.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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