as in brutality
the desire to kill or to see people killed
warriors inflamed by bloodlust
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Recent Examples of bloodlust
In Frank Norris’ naturalist novel McTeague (1899), the title character’s growing greed ultimately leads to bloodlust, all while the sophistication of his eating habits increases.
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Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 24 Oct. 2024
The one saving grace of this mercenary gorefest is its pronounced mean streak; not even adorable moppets are safe from the movie’s nasty, messy, indiscriminate bloodlust, which makes the inexplicable decision to release the movie on Christmas Day even funnier.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
This is a revenge story, as classical in its arc as True Grit or Kill Bill, and Taylor-Joy holds the film’s rage and bloodlust in her tiny frame and stoic face.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
Here’s to hoping that some day, the constitutional order is restored, that the bloodlust of the military-industrial complex is finally checked and that America can some day pursue a more sensible foreign policy.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 11 Sep. 2024
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Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 24 Oct. 2024
The one saving grace of this mercenary gorefest is its pronounced mean streak; not even adorable moppets are safe from the movie’s nasty, messy, indiscriminate bloodlust, which makes the inexplicable decision to release the movie on Christmas Day even funnier.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
This is a revenge story, as classical in its arc as True Grit or Kill Bill, and Taylor-Joy holds the film’s rage and bloodlust in her tiny frame and stoic face.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
Here’s to hoping that some day, the constitutional order is restored, that the bloodlust of the military-industrial complex is finally checked and that America can some day pursue a more sensible foreign policy.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodlust
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The November election will shape how Phoenix manages the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation that found routine brutality and discrimination in the city and police department's practices.Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Moore and her costar Margaret Qualley have been lauded for their fearless commitment to the violence and brutality required by their parts, but also for their raw, emotional vulnerability.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Hamas’s savagery was backed by an aggressive Iran that is supported by the authoritarian axis; as such, October 7 was a direct assault on the free world.Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
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The point of all that money, like of the attack on Porter, has been to draw attention to Silicon Valley’s financial might—and to prove that its leaders are capable of political savagery in order to protect their interests.Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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By the time this piece comes out, Moo Deng’s appearance on Weekend Update will have been overshadowed by Yang kissing Ariana Grande in a skit about family charades gone awry and Mariah Carey protesting the cruelty of overhead lighting on Las Culturistas.Sarah Burke, Them, 23 Oct. 2024
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Wilder’s film, for all its offbeat humor and quotable zingers, was always about the ugliness of Hollywood and the monstrous cruelty of an industry that drains its players like a vampire does its victims.Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024
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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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Popular on Variety But Art the Clown takes the concept of enjoying homicidal sadism to new levels of sick-puppy insanity.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
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In the face of tragedy and crisis and inequality and barbarity, artists make work.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Italy’s solitary-confinement policy—a regulation called carcere duro, or hard prison—is controversial in northern Europe, where it is seen as an example of southern barbarity.D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Bloodlust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodlust. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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