Bloodthirsty

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  • adjective. Eager to cause or see the shedding of blood.
  • adjective. Characterized by violence or carnage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Eager to shed blood; murderous: as, β€œhis bloodthirstie blade,” ; β€œbloodthirsty lord,”
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous; having a bloodlust.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Eager to resort to violence.
  • adjective. Characterized by massive bloodshed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
  • Word Usage
    "Maybe, but in the arts it takes more than just being good; it takes what I call bloodthirsty determination."
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    gentle  
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    bloody  
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