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Adjective: sanguinary  'sang-gwu,ne-ree [N. Amer], sang-gwi-n(u-)ree [Brit]
  1. Accompanied by bloodshed
    "this bitter and sanguinary war";
    - gory, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly
     
  2. Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
    "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood";
    - bloodthirsty, bloody-minded [Brit]

See also: bloody

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