sanguinary

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adjective

1. Attended by or causing bloodshed: bloody, gory, sanguineous. See blood.
2. Eager for bloodshed: bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, cutthroat, homicidal, murderous, sanguineous, slaughterous. See help/harm/harmless.

IN BRIEF: Bloody, gory.

The war was sickeningly sanguinary.

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adjective
adjective

A euphemistic or humorous substitute for 'bloody', in oaths, etc. (1890 —) .
G. B. Shaw The inhabitants raise up their voices and call one another sanguinary liars (1910).

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - blodig, blodtørstig, bloddryppende

Nederlands (Dutch)
bloederig, bloeddorstig

Français (French)
adj. - sanguinaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - blutrünstig, Blut-, blutig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αιματηρός, αιμοσταγής, αιμοδιψής

Italiano (Italian)
sanguinario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sanguinário

Русский (Russian)
кровавый, кровопролитный, окровавленный, кровожадный, жестокий, проклятый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sanguinario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - blodig, bloddrypande, blodtörstig, förbannad, späckad med svordomar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
流血的, 嗜血的, 血腥的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 流血的, 嗜血的, 血腥的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 피비린내 나는, 피 묻은, (말이) 야비한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 血なまぐさい, 残忍な, 下劣な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متعطش للدم, دموي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עקוב מדם, צמא-דם, אכזרי, רווי קללות‬

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