blood-and-guts
blood–and–guts
adj \ˈblə-dən-ˈgəts\Definition of BLOOD-AND-GUTS
: marked by great vigor, violence, or fierceness <blood–and–guts competition>
First Known Use of BLOOD-AND-GUTS
1937
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Synonyms: bang-bang, blood-and-guts, convulsive, cyclonic, explosive, ferocious, fierce, furious, hammer-and-tongs, hot, knock-down, drag-out (or knock-down-and-drag-out), paroxysmal, rabid, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, volcanic
Related Words: barbarous, brutal, savage, vicious; antagonistic, hostile; aggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent; combustible, volatile; agitated, frantic, frenzied, mad; cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), destructive, ruinous
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