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sanguinary

/'s/&//N/gw/@/,n/E/r/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a <i>sanguinary</i> war, contest, or battle.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. The yarrow.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. accompanied by bloodshed

    adj.all

    Examples
    This bitter and sanguinary war.
    Synonyms butcherly gory sanguineous slaughterous

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed

    adj.all

    Examples
    Went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood.
    Synonyms bloodthirsty bloody-minded

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

sanguigenoussanguinaceoussanguinariasanguinaria canadensissanguinarilysanguinarinesssanguinary antsanguinesanguinelesssanguinelysanguinenesssanguineous

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