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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. accompanied by bloodshed;
- Example: "this bitter and sanguinary war"
[syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly]

2. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed;
- Example: "bloody-minded tyrants"
- Example: "bloodthirsty yells"
- Example: "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson
[syn: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, sanguinary]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, n. [L. herba sanguinaria an herb
   that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See Sanguinary,
   a.] (Bot.)
      (a) The yarrow.
      (b) The Sanguinaria.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, a. [L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis
   blood: cf. F. sanguinaire.]
   1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a
      sanguinary war, contest, or battle.
      [1913 Webster]

            We may not propagate religion by wars, or by
            sanguinary persecutions to force consciences.
                                                  --Bacon.
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   2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
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            Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary.
                                                  --Broome.
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   Syn: Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sanguinary
    adj 1: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary
           war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous,
           slaughterous, butcherly]
    2: marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed;
       "bloody-minded tyrants"; "bloodthirsty yells"; "went after
       the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the
       land with blood"-G.W.Johnson [syn: bloodthirsty, bloody-
       minded, sanguinary]