 sanguinary |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] accompanied by bloodshed | |
| Synonyms: | sanguineous butcherly slaughterous gory | |
| Examples: | "this bitter and sanguinary war" |
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| Related terms: | bloody | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed | |
| Synonyms: | bloodthirsty bloody-minded | |
| Examples: | "bloody-minded tyrants" "bloodthirsty yells" "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson |
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| Related terms: | bloody | |
| Similar spelling: |
Sanguinaria sanguinity sanguine sanguineous sanguineness sannyasin |
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