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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Recent Examples of bloodthirsty
The Alien franchise is beloved by sci-fi and horror fans for its bloodthirsty killer aliens known as xenomorphs, which have caused absolute carnage in six standalone films so far.
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 21 July 2025
His tirades against Ukraine stood out for their bloodthirsty rhetoric.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 17 July 2025
What follows is a floor-by-floor descent into madness as Bobby battles bloodthirsty perverts, demonic flash mobs, and hallucinogenic suburban nightmares, all while trying to figure out if he’s meant to be the hero… or just the last guy standing.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 July 2025
But when Gi-seok is brutally murdered, Gi-jun returns to the underworld to uncover the truth behind his brother’s untimely death, embarking on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.
—Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 21 July 2025
His tirades against Ukraine stood out for their bloodthirsty rhetoric.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 17 July 2025
What follows is a floor-by-floor descent into madness as Bobby battles bloodthirsty perverts, demonic flash mobs, and hallucinogenic suburban nightmares, all while trying to figure out if he’s meant to be the hero… or just the last guy standing.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 July 2025
But when Gi-seok is brutally murdered, Gi-jun returns to the underworld to uncover the truth behind his brother’s untimely death, embarking on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.
—Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodthirsty
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Temuera Morrison plays a terrific villain as the murderous King Kahekili (if only Boba Fett could have been so diabolical in his own show).—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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But both Dexter and Dexter viewers get quite the shock at the end of the episode when the Gemini Killer casually meets back up with Dexter and their fellow murderous peers, as if nothing happened at all.—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Aug. 2025
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
27 Dec. 2022
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Dec. 2022
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“Bloodthirsty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodthirsty. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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