Sanguinary Synonyms

sănggwə-nĕrē
Attended by or causing bloodshed
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. gory
  2. sanguineous
  3. bloody
  4. slaughterous
  5. butcherly

Words Related to Sanguinary

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Sanguinary Sentence Examples

  • Thus terminated the long and sanguinary struggle of the Peninsular War.

  • Rome, attacked by the French army, was taken by assault after a month's sanguinary siege.

  • At Horeb, the mount of God, was located the dramatic theophany which heralded to Elijah the advent of the sword, and Jehu's supporter in his sanguinary measures belongs to the Rechabites, a sect which felt itself to be the true worshipping community of Yahweh and is closely associated with the Kenites, the kin of Moses.

  • The campaign was terminated by the sanguinary battle of Luzzara, fought on the 1st of August 1702, in which each party claimed the victory.

  • The Washington authorities, thoroughly dissatisfied, ordered him to turn over the command to General Thomas, but the latter magnanimously declined the offer, and Buell on the 8th of October fought the sanguinary and indecisive battle of Perryville, in consequence of which Bragg retired to Chattanooga.

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