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sanguinary


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sanguinary  \San"gui*na*ry\,  a.  [L.  sanguinarius  fr  sanguis 
  blood:  cf  F.  sanguinaire.] 
  1.  Attended  with  much  bloodshed;  bloody;  murderous;  as  a 
  sanguinary  war,  contest,  or  battle. 
 
  We  may  not  propagate  religion  by  wars,  or  by 
  sanguinary  persecutions  to  force  consciences. 
  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  Bloodthirsty;  cruel;  eager  to  shed  blood. 
 
  Passion  .  .  .  makes  us  brutal  and  sanguinary. 
  --Broome. 
 
  Syn:  Bloody;  murderous;  bloodthirsty;  cruel. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sanguinary  \San"gui*na*ry\,  n.  [L.  herba  sanguinaria  an  herb 
  that  stanches  blood:  cf  F.  sanguinaire  See  {Sanguinary}, 
  a.]  (Bot.) 
  a  The  yarrow. 
  b  The  Sanguinaria. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sanguinary 
  adj  1:  accompanied  by  bloodshed;  "this  bitter  and  sanguinary  war" 
  [syn:  {gory},  {sanguineous},  {slaughterous},  {butcherly}] 
  2:  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  [syn:  {bloodthirsty},  {bloody-minded}] 




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