Sanguinary

a.	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.
n.	1.	(Bot.) The yarrow.

Adj.	1.	sanguinary - accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" Synonyms: sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly, gory
	2.	sanguinary - 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 Synonyms: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded

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