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Word: Sanguinary
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to blood’): from Latin sanguinarius, from sanguis, sanguin- ‘blood’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsaŋɡwɪn(ə)ri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
involving or causing much bloodshed
Short Definition:involving or causing much bloodshed
Examples:- they lost heavily in the sanguinary campaigns that followed
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