Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, a. [L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinaire.]

1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. [1913 Webster]

We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. [1913 Webster]

Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary. --Broome. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, n. [L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See Sanguinary, a.]

(Bot.)
   (a) The yarrow.
   (b) The Sanguinaria. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

sanguinary adj
1: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: gory, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly]
2: 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 [syn: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, a. [L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinaire.]

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.

Syn: Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, n. [L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See Sanguinary, a.]

(Bot.)
   (a) The yarrow.
   (b) The Sanguinaria.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)