˜yÐÄvlog

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bloodstain

[ bluhd-steyn ]

noun

  1. a spot or stain made by blood.


bloodstain

/ ˈ²ú±ôÊŒ»åËŒ²õ³Ù±ðɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. a dark discoloration caused by blood, esp dried blood
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bloodstain1

First recorded in 1810–20; back formation from bloodstained
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The electricity won’t stay on, the water is permanently off, the bloodstain in front of Natalia’s house gets bigger by the day.

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The bloodstains of the Jan. 6 insurrection have long ago washed away.

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When their daughter’s clothes were returned to them, they questioned small red marks on her shoes thinking they might have been her bloodstains or someone else’s.

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Inside the van was a mattress that one investigator said appeared to have bloodstains, though a lab test showed no sign of blood.

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For the three months he was held there, Mr. Hadi said, it had a thin mat on the floor, a bucket for a toilet and a splash of bloodstain on one wall.

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