as in murderous
eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing
the Goths were a wild and bloodthirsty people
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
Rather than ramble about one of his pet subjects—bloodthirsty criminals flooding the southern border; Joe Biden being the worst President in American history—Trump listens, with genuine curiosity, as Von, a former addict, talks about doing cocaine.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Damien Leone's Terrifier films star David Howard Thornton as a gleeful, unrepentantly sadistic, and bloodthirsty clown.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
When the audiences got too bloodthirsty, McMahon dialled back the enmity between Hulk and the Iron Sheik.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
Rather than ramble about one of his pet subjects—bloodthirsty criminals flooding the southern border; Joe Biden being the worst President in American history—Trump listens, with genuine curiosity, as Von, a former addict, talks about doing cocaine.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
Damien Leone's Terrifier films star David Howard Thornton as a gleeful, unrepentantly sadistic, and bloodthirsty clown.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
When the audiences got too bloodthirsty, McMahon dialled back the enmity between Hulk and the Iron Sheik.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Bloodthirsty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodthirsty. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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