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blood-and-guts

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of blood-and-guts

marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity

a hockey team known for its blood-and-guts play

Synonyms of blood-and-guts

bang-bang, 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, violent, volcanic

Words Related to blood-and-guts

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

Near Antonyms of blood-and-guts

calm, halcyon, pacific, serene, tranquil

nonbelligerent, unaggressive

Antonyms of blood-and-guts

nonviolent, peaceable, peaceful

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