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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.





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"Sanguinary" Quotes from Famous Books



... return, and detested the ambition of the leaders of faction. Indeed, the magistrates were negotiating with Mazarin, and declared the city neutral. On July 2 the Prince of Conde was marching his force from Saint-Cloud to Charenton when he was attacked by Turenne; and in the sanguinary combat which followed, and in which I was fighting beside the prince, I received a wound in the head which prevented my taking any further part ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol X • Various
... with stock, instead of their narrating, as was in reality the case, an old story of the affray with Major Mitchell some years before. As Captain Sturt was still at the Rufus (150 miles from Moorunde) when he received the account, as he imagined, of so sanguinary an affray, he felt anxious to communicate the occurrence to the Colonial Government as early as possible, and for this purpose, induced two natives to bring down despatches to Moorunde. Upon their arrival there, the policeman was absent in town, and I had no means of sending in the letters ...
— Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central • Edward John Eyre
... sigh, as he took in the unkempt desolation of it all, 'this is sanguinary. This is unusually sanguinary. Sort o' mad country. Like a grate when the fire's put out by the sun.' He shaded his eyes against the moonlight. 'An' there's a loony dancin' in the middle of it all. Quite right. I'd dance too ...
— Soldier Stories • Rudyard Kipling
... peal, the whole region to war. David Crockett had listened eagerly to stories of Indian warfare in former years, and as he listened to the tales of midnight conflagration and slaughter, his naturally peaceful spirit had no yearnings for the renewal of such sanguinary scenes. Crockett was not a quarrelsome man. He was not fond of brawls and fighting. Nothing in his life had thus far occurred to test his courage. Though there was great excitement to be found in hunting, there was but little if any danger. The deer and all smaller game were harmless. And even ...
— David Crockett: His Life and Adventures • John S. C. Abbott
... displayed on the table of cypress-wood at the head of the bed; the sight of the gleaming blade fired her with a sanguinary desire. Mournful voices lingered at a distance in the shade, and like a chorus of geniuses urged her on. She approached it; she seized the steel by the handle. At the rustling of her dress Matho half opened his eyes, putting forth ...
— Salammbo • Gustave Flaubert


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