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adjective
Sanguinary  adj.  
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."
2.
Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. "Passion... makes us brutal and sanguinary."
Synonyms: Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel.


noun
Sanguinary  n.  (Bot.)
(a)
The yarrow.
(b)
The Sanguinaria.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Sanguinary" Quotes from Famous Books



... town, who proved himself a violent fanatic—spoke in favor of the persecuted, as nothing criminal was substantiated against them, a great outcry was raised, and it was vehemently asked why, if so, they had covered their wells and removed their buckets? A sanguinary decree was resolved upon, of which the populace, who obeyed the call of the nobles and superior clergy, became but the too willing executioners. Wherever the Jews were not burned they were at least banished; and so being compelled to wander about, they fell into the hands of ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 • Various
... That sanguinary passion which the heat of conflict provokes is but the incident; it is the principle of acquisition, it is the natural principle of absorption, it is the instinct that nature is full of, that nature is alive with; but the one ...
— The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded • Delia Bacon
... expansively that he felt 'as if he had swallowed the earth and the fullness thereof.' His easy, good-humored exaggerations and his odd comments upon the viands made him a pleasant table companion: as when he described a Parker House Sultana Roll by saying that 'it looked like the sanguinary output of the ...
— The Bibliotaph - and Other People • Leon H. Vincent
... heart of a small archipelago. All about us are verdure-covered islands. They are now the homes of native fishermen, but a century ago they were hiding-places for the fierce Malayan pirates whose sanguinary deeds made the peninsula a byword in the ...
— Tales of the Malayan Coast - From Penang to the Philippines • Rounsevelle Wildman
... injunction, that you always treat the Indian nations with kindness and humanity. Gratify their wishes, and never, but in a case of the last necessity, when self-defence requires it, shed human blood.' Are these the sentiments of a tyrant, of a sanguinary and perfidious man?" ...
— A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson • Watkin Tench


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