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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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