Sanguinary synonyms

săng'gwə-nĕr'ē

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savage (related)
Wild; not cultivated
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bloody
Covered in blood.
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gory
Covered or stained with gore; bloody.
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cruel
The definition of cruel is someone or something that deliberately causes pain or suffering.
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bloodthirsty
Eager to cause or see the shedding of blood.
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ferocious (related)
The definition of ferocious is something very fierce, cruel, extreme or violent.
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sanguisugous
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sanguineous
Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody
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bloody-minded
Bloodthirsty; cruel
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cutthroat
Relentless or merciless in competition:
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homicidal
Of or pertaining to homicide, and particularly to one who commits such a crime as with a homicidal maniac.
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murderous
Capable of, guilty of, or intending murder:
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slaughterous
Brutally destructive or murderous
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blood (related)
A fluid that is similar in function in many invertebrate animals.
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help (related)
Eager for bloodshed
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butcherly
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
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merciless (related)
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pitiless (related)
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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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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