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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Jamie Lang, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Like his father, Lucius is enslaved and forced to fight as a gladiator for the entertainment of a wealthy Roman emperor and hordes of bloodthirsty spectators.
—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 8 Nov. 2024
Minorities like the Kurds and Yezidis saw IS as a bunch of messianic, bloodthirsty brutes who sought to wipe out their communities.
—Daniel Depetris, TIME, 28 Sep. 2024
That, too, is very much in the spirit of the series, which has always blurred the line between the killer’s homicidal POV and the bloodthirsty spectatorship of those in the audience.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Bloodthirsty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodthirsty. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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bloodthirsty
adjective
blood·thirsty
ˈbləd-ˌthər-stē
: eager to hurt or kill : cruel
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