blood

noun

ˈbləd How to pronounce blood (audio)
Definition of bloodnext
1
as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor in his mind, blood came before anything else, and he would not betray his criminal brother to the police

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2
as in ancestry
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended the language expert was certain that a young woman with such an upper-class accent had to be of royal blood

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3
as in soul
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions in your blood you know this business deal just isn't right

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as in murder
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life blood will always have blood, and so the killing never ends

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Recent Examples of blood Twenty-four weeks after stopping all hepatitis B treatment, 19% of patients who received Hibsago still had the virus under control, and a protein that signals hepatitis B infection (HBsAg) could not be detected in their blood. — New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026 Matis was drunk during the crash, with a blood sample almost four times over the legal alcohol limit. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 The study also found no statistically significant change in estriol levels in the blood from the baseline to week 12. — Ashley Abramson, Allure, 22 Oct. 2026 For womenâs volleyball, the Phase Two limit was below 10 nanomoles per liter of total testosterone in the blood. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood
  1. family
  2. ancestry
  3. soul
  4. murder
  5. house
  6. lineage
  7. heart
  8. homicide
Noun
  • Another family attempted to navigate the gate to access medical appointments.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Sanders, who spoke alongside el Sayed in Grand Rapids, said Trump’s attacks on the Democratic candidate were rooted in Islamophobia because Republicans have little to say about the issues affecting working families.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of family
Noun
  • All participants were also of European ancestry, so the findings may not apply to people of different races and ethnicities.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Despite Africa’s central place in human origins and its extraordinary genetic diversity, people of African ancestry remain underrepresented in the genomic datasets used to understand disease, estimate health risks, and develop treatments.
    — Segun Fatumo, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of ancestry
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  • Against the backdrop of seemingly endless violence, artists banded together and dabbled in soul, disco, and jazz as a salve to their suffering.
    — Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
  • After Esther’s soul-searching decision to separate, the third season of the show, now streaming, tracks the fallout of their life apart.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of soul
Noun
  • Burks personally prosecuted five capital murder death penalty cases during her time at the district attorney’s office.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The murder of two Israeli soldiers in the West Bank is the jumping-off point for a large-scale invasion of the Palestinian territory, a move that would further test the nation’s fraying relationship with the United States.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of murder
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  • The country's upper house of parliament voted last month to require UBS to hold 90% of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital, or about $16 billion in extra shares, as collateral to support its foreign subsidiaries.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The stranger’s dress had been stored in the family’s house for more than a decade.
    — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • The country’s storied motorsport lineage can be traced to 1963, when Formula 1 originally added a Grand Prix in Mexico’s capital.
    — Alan Chazaro, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Payments to individuals vary based on the closest lineage to the family members and continue into perpetuity.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of lineage
Noun
  • Our hearts are with the families whose homes and livelihoods have been impacted.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Clyde also finds a black heart, but blows up Morgan’s scarecrow.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of heart
Noun
  • During a retrial in 2019, one of the victims and a co-defendant testified that their previous testimony implicating Bennett was coerced by a then-homicide detective.
    — CBS Philadelphia, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Utah authorities have identified notorious serial killer Ted Bundy as the killer of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith, closing a homicide investigation 52 years to the day after her body was discovered.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of homicide

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“Blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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