Thesaurus: sanguinary

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1. a. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.
2. a. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
3. a. The yarrow.
4. a. The Sanguinaria.
5. adj. accompanied by bloodshed
6. adj. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
7. 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. (a) The yarrow. (b) The Sanguinaria.
8. j:100 s accompanied by bloodshed s marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed