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sanguinary

/'sæŋgwə,nɛri/

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adjective
marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
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"went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"

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bloodthirsty bloody-minded bloody
adjective
accompanied by bloodshed
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"this bitter and sanguinary war"

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butcherly gory sanguineous slaughterous bloody

Examples of sanguinary

"went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"
"this bitter and sanguinary war"