bloodthirsty
adjective
blood·thirsty
ˈbləd-ˌthər-stē 
: eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, violence, or killing
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the Goths were a wild and bloodthirsty people
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When his bloodthirsty urges can no longer be ignored, Dexter must learn to channel his inner darkness.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
And in the hands of an ATGM team from one of Ukraine’s notoriously bloodthirsty air assault brigades, a Javelin might be even more lethal.
—David Axe, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Every day this guidance is heeded will be a rebuke to Assad’s supporters, who insisted that the alternative to their rule was Islamic State–style mass killings and the establishment of a bloodthirsty version of Sharia law.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
The new series, set in Miami 15 years before the original show, finds young Dexter learning to control bloodthirsty urges.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
And in the hands of an ATGM team from one of Ukraine’s notoriously bloodthirsty air assault brigades, a Javelin might be even more lethal.
—David Axe, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Every day this guidance is heeded will be a rebuke to Assad’s supporters, who insisted that the alternative to their rule was Islamic State–style mass killings and the establishment of a bloodthirsty version of Sharia law.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
The new series, set in Miami 15 years before the original show, finds young Dexter learning to control bloodthirsty urges.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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bloodthirsty
adjective
blood·thirsty
ˈbləd-ˌthər-stē
: eager to hurt or kill : cruel
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