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BLOODTHIRSTY
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Irregular inflected forms: bloodthirstier
, bloodthirstiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
Example:
went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood
Synonyms:
bloodthirsty; bloody-minded; sanguinary
Classified under:
Similar:
bloody (having or covered with or accompanied by blood)
Derivation:
bloodthirstiness (a disposition to shed blood)
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