blood libel

collocation in English

meaningsofbloodandlibel

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blood
noun[U]
uk
/blʌd/us
/blʌd/
the red liquid that is sent around the body by the heart, and carries oxygen and important substances to organs and tissue, and removes ...
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libel
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈlaɪ.bəl/us
/ˈlaɪ.bəl/
a piece of writing that contains bad and false things about ...
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(Definition ofbloodandlibelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblood libel

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For instance, take thebloodlibelaccusation, among the most serious and vicious that has ever been issued against any people anywhere.
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The edition of that paper, which was specially dedicated to spreading the infamousbloodlibel, has been followed by publication after publication of a sordid and vicious nature.
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Bloodlibelrumours continued to spread.
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Contemporary assumptions made about the circumstances of their deaths are typical ofbloodlibel.
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Through their tendentious interpretations, the magical, therapeutic, alchemic, propitious or maleficent use of blood served to give plausible support to the deadlybloodlibel.
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The writer's editor may have criedbloodlibel, but when it comes down to it, newspapers are irrelevant to a democracy.
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The book also reportedly served as a scientific basis for a renewal of thebloodlibelcharge in international forums.
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This is not merely a canard orbloodlibel.
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This evolved into the so-calledbloodlibel.
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He urged people not to succumb to myths such as thebloodlibel.
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Recent analysis has cast doubt on whether this was the first of the series ofbloodlibelaccusations but not on the contrived and antisemitic nature of the tale.
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Blood libels are regularly repeated.
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He organized an information service and a campaign against blood libels.
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