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English Dictionary: sanguinary	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sanguinary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sanguinary adj accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" Synonym(s): gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly 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 Synonym(s): bloodthirsty, bloody- minded, sanguinary
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sanguinary \San"guinary\, a. [L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinaire.] 1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences. --Bacon. 2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary. --Broome. Syn: Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sanguinary \San"guinary\, n. [L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See {Sanguinary}, a.] (Bot.) (a) The yarrow. (b) The Sanguinaria.