as in brutality
the desire to kill or to see people killed
warriors inflamed by bloodlust
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Recent Examples of bloodlust
This narrative represents Millennial Hollywood at its most opportunistic, trading social-justice platitudes for bloodlust.
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Armond White, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
The masses are kept distracted by extravagant spectacles, their bloodlust constantly fed even when their bellies are empty.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
There can be no peace until the Palestinians are freed from the shackles of Jew hatred, resentment and dreams of bloodlust.
—Evan Nierman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2024
It was revived anew, with a bigger bloodlust than before, thanks to this entry to the canon from writer Kevin Williamson and director Wes Craven.
—Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
The masses are kept distracted by extravagant spectacles, their bloodlust constantly fed even when their bellies are empty.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
There can be no peace until the Palestinians are freed from the shackles of Jew hatred, resentment and dreams of bloodlust.
—Evan Nierman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2024
It was revived anew, with a bigger bloodlust than before, thanks to this entry to the canon from writer Kevin Williamson and director Wes Craven.
—Meagan Navarro, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodlust
Noun
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Those factories were disproportionately African American, exacerbating the ever-present burden of segregation and police brutality.—
Matthew Scogin,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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The series generally holds nothing back in terms of portraying the kind of visceral brutality that resulted from the violent campaign of manifest destiny and America’s founding.—
Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Jan. 2025
Noun
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First of all, of course, the savagery of the crime.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
26 Nov. 2024
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When the cop asks why the yakuza would do that, Suzie points to their general savagery.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Saline County sheriff’s deputies, responding to an animal cruelty report entered the Fullen’s field after observing about 50 cattle, many with calves, with minimal grass to graze on, according to an affidavit.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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Aggravated cruelty to animals is a felony under New York State law and carries a sentence of up to two years if convicted.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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To understand why Germans at different levels of society backed Hitler, scholars often cite people’s deep commitment to Nazi ideology; the hatred of Jews, homosexuals, Romani, or Communists; or sheer psychopathic sadism.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Bill Moseley enters the franchise as Chop-Top, a new family member who was apparently in Vietnam during the events of the first film and has returned with a metal plate in his head and a penchant for grating sadism.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
11 Oct. 2024
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Angle was just too good, too fast, and too pre-equipped to allow Lesnar to gain a real advantage, meaning that Lesnar had to rely on his powerhouse barbarity to come out on top.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2024
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The dehumanizing treatment prisoners received on Devil’s Island was, in effect, a continuation of the barbarity long inflicted on French Guiana’s enslaved population.—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Bloodlust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodlust. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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