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bloodsuckers

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bloodsuckers.

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In-house development simply doesn't have the kind of indirection where the bloodsuckers can get in.

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Quick take

An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bloodsuckers gathered in one view.

noun

An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.

noun

A vampire.

noun

The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bloodsuckers.

noun

An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.

noun

A vampire.

noun

The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).

noun

(informal, derogatory) Any mosquito, gnat, midge, or other small bug which consumes human blood.

Example sentences

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In-house development simply doesn't have the kind of indirection where the bloodsuckers can get in.

2

That's right, I (GP) am not really afraid of them, I just find leeches and bloodsuckers quite unpleasant.

3

Hollywood bros don't claim to be saving the world nor do they cast themselves in a superior light than all the other bloodsuckers.

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Of course it leads to an arms race, but maybe we'll eradicate those mid-summer bloodsuckers while we're at it.

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I completely agree with you: If the bloodsuckers don't have to do so, they never will.

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The safe harbor from subscription model bloodsuckers we should support with our dollars on principle.

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And after reading your entry I viewed the photos of all these bloodsuckers and ethical CEOs enjoying Sean Parker's dbag-fuelled taxidermy party at Davos.

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I'm pissed off about it because Java is basically cool technology but the culture is infected with these bloodsuckers who give it a bad name and do nothing for advancing the state of the language and ecosystem.

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Unfortunately my feet touched the bottom and I was covered in bloodsuckers large and small, some of which hid themselves under my feet and between my toes for the rest of the excursion.

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If anyone is a friend of Google, it's me, because I've drawn light upon the managerial bloodsuckers that have been working to destroy the place.

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From the linked Hackaday article: > If you don’t want to kill flies, wasps, bees, or other useful pollinators while eradicating the tiny little bloodsuckers that are the drone’s target, you need to be able to not only locate bugs, but discriminate mosquitoes from the others.

Quote examples

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The ruling ideology was that certain classes were "bloodsuckers" unworthy of life.

2

No degree required, though one certainly would help I imagine." We have enough mafia type bloodsuckers.

3

Bloodsuckers say “we’re good, let’s do something beneficial for the world”, hear how that sounds?

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Before you go all "oh no the government should help the business magnates more, not the users." I suggest you study how monopolies existed in the 19th century because they look no different than the corporate structure of any big tech company, and see how government finally regulated those bloodsuckers back then.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bloodsuckers in a sentence?

In-house development simply doesn't have the kind of indirection where the bloodsuckers can get in.

What does bloodsuckers mean?

An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.

What part of speech is bloodsuckers?

bloodsuckers is commonly used as noun.