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  • n  the state of being bloody
  • n  a disposition to shed blood

  • Herzfeld, for example, is worried about his work's obvious bloodiness but says he wanted to show "that real violence has real consequences.
  • The really memorable princes in Prescott's collection are those theatrical exceptions who distinguish themselves not by bloodiness but by generosity and whimsy.
  • The high mark of judicial bloodiness came with Henry VIII, of whose subjects 72,000 were executed.
Quotes

  • Jane Tranter in BBC News
    This is how people lived,added Jane Tranter, the BBC's controller of drama commissioning. "It shows Rome in all its bloodiness and viscerality."
  • Daniel Radcliffe in CBS News
    And though this film is darker, Radcliffe says: "It's not particularly gory, there's not any bloodiness in it, really, but it's very intense. It's very, very dark and we sort of say every year the films get darker, but they absolutely do. We have...

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