bloodless operation

The work required to bring them there is not a bloodless operation.

Long term, I had visions of a stream of bloodless operations.

It was a completely painless - physically, that is, but not mentally for many of those concerned - and bloodless operation.

Thanks in part to his efforts, surgeons routinely perform successful bloodless operations for all types of medical problems, from open heart surgery to hip replacement.

The Cossacks were disarmed in the mostly bloodless operation while their treasury and archives were confiscated.

It was a bloodless operation which met no resistance and coincided with the most important Moslem feast of Al-Adha.

The brief, bloodless operation, labelled Operation Cactus, also involved the Indian Navy.

Israeli helicopter-borne commandos earlier stormed Mustafa Dirani's home in the Syrian-controlled Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon and snatched him in a 10-minute, bloodless operation.

Leigh Fermor's strategy was to undertake a bloodless operation that would be attributed to British forces alone in order to avoid direct reprisals being meted out against the Cretan population.

Spanish special forces backed by helicopters and warships stormed the disputed islet of Perejil at dawn today, taking prisoner its six occupying Moroccan soldiers in a bloodless operation to restore Spanish rule.

A1 Spanish Soldiers Reclaim Islet Spanish forces stormed Perejil, taking prisoner its six occupying Moroccan soldiers in a bloodless operation to restore Spanish authority over the disputed islet 200 yards off Morocco's coast.

Rightists Prevail General Aoun's allies in the hard-line Christian militia known as the Lebanese Forces, in a thoroughgoing if bloodless operation, eliminated the military strength of Mr. Gemayel, a longtime rival to General Aoun and to the Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea.