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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The Democrats, though, have no problems releasing all these bloodthirsty thugs back into the neighborhood.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS.
—Dan Mangan,leslie Josephs,spencer Kimball,cj Haddad,justin Papp,jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026
The lesson of history is that appeasement and hope are not a strategy against a bloodthirsty tyrant.
—U.s. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
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—ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS.
—Dan Mangan,leslie Josephs,spencer Kimball,cj Haddad,justin Papp,jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026
The lesson of history is that appeasement and hope are not a strategy against a bloodthirsty tyrant.
—U.s. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
It’s been 30 years since Capcom introduced us to the world of Resident Evil, where a bioweapon has turned all sorts of creatures into bloodthirsty zombies.
—ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Bloodthirsty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodthirsty. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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bloodthirsty
adjective
blood·thirsty
ˈbləd-ˌthər-stē
: eager to hurt or kill : cruel
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