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loodshed n. slaughter, carnage, butchery, killing, murder,
blood-letting; violence; genocide: Let's settle this peaceably
and avoid bloodshed.
bloodsucker
n. leech, extortionist, extortioner, blackmailer; parasite,
barnacle, Colloq sponge, freeloader, scrounge, scrounger; Slang
US moocher: He's nothing but a bloodsucker, always demanding
more and more money.
bloodthirsty
adj. murderous, homicidal, savage, feral, cruel, ruthless,
pitiless, vicious, brutal, sadistic, ferocious, fierce, Formal
sanguinary, Literary fell: Bloodthirsty pirates had slaughtered
the whole crew.
blot n. 1 stain, spot, mark, smudge, blotch, blemish, disfigurement,
smear, smirch, scar, Colloq splodge or US also splotch: An ink
blot covered the date of the document. There are a few blots on
his record from his time in the army.
--v. 2 stain, spot, spatter, smudge, mark, blur: You have
blotted these pages where you wrote with a fountain-pen. 3 blot
one's copybook. err, destroy or ruin or mar or spoil one's
reputation, commit an indiscretion, transgress, sin: She's
certainly blotted her copybook by having an affair with that
subaltern. 4 blot out. a obscure, conceal, cover (up), hide,
eclipse, dim: The clouds blotted out the sun for a few minutes.
b obliterate, destroy, erase, demolish, efface, annihilate,
delete, rub or wipe out: He subconsciously blotted out all
memory of the accident.
blow° v. 1 breathe, puff, exhale; expel: If the crystals turn green
when you blow into the tube, it means that you've had too much
to drink. Blow some air into the balloon. 2 waft, puff, whistle,
whine, blast: An icy wind blew through the cracks in the
windows. 3 Colloq bungle, botch, make a mess of, muff,
mismanage, Colloq screw up, mess up, fluff, bugger up, Taboo
fuck up: It was my last chance to win and I blew it. 4 Colloq
spend, lavish, squander, waste, throw out or away: She blew
hundreds on that dress and now she won't wear it. 5
short-circuit, burn out: All the fuses blew when I turned on