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’t be ignored any longer, Dexter must learn to channel his inner darkness.
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James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
When his bloodthirsty urges can no longer be ignored, Dexter finds solace and understanding in Harry.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 June 2024
The actual perpetrator of the terror attack in Kerman, the worst since the founding of the Islamic Republic in 1979, was ISIS, specially ISIS-K, the Afghanistan offshoot of the bloodthirsty gang.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
And as the war ramps up, cooler heads in both camps are gradually sidelined in favor of bloodthirsty hard-liners like Aemond and Rhaenyra’s uncle/husband Daemon (Matt Smith), whose one-upmanship makes peace an increasingly certain impossibility.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 14 June 2024
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James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
When his bloodthirsty urges can no longer be ignored, Dexter finds solace and understanding in Harry.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 June 2024
The actual perpetrator of the terror attack in Kerman, the worst since the founding of the Islamic Republic in 1979, was ISIS, specially ISIS-K, the Afghanistan offshoot of the bloodthirsty gang.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
And as the war ramps up, cooler heads in both camps are gradually sidelined in favor of bloodthirsty hard-liners like Aemond and Rhaenyra’s uncle/husband Daemon (Matt Smith), whose one-upmanship makes peace an increasingly certain impossibility.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 14 June 2024
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bloodthirsty
adjective
blood·thirsty
ˈbləd-ˌthər-stē
: eager to hurt or kill : cruel
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