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1. (adj.) sanguinary
full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody.
2. sanguinary
ready or eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
3. sanguinary
composed of or marked with blood.
Etymology: (1540–50; < L sanguinārius bloody. See sanguine , -ary)
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| Definition of 'sanguinary' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly
accompanied by bloodshed
"this bitter and sanguinary war"
2. (adj) bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, sanguinary
marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
"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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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) sanguinary
attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle
2. (adj) sanguinary
bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood
3. (adj) sanguinary
the yarrow
4. (adj) sanguinary
the Sanguinaria
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