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blooded

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verb

  1. To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
  2. To let blood (from); to bleed.
  3. To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.

adjective

  1. Experienced.“I'll let a rookie march behind me with a loaded weapon once he's been blooded in combat, until then he stays in front where I can see which way he's pointing.”
  2. Descended from.“He's a full-blooded Apache.”
  3. Bloody, bleeding.
  4. (of horses, cattle, etc.) derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.

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