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sanguinary |
(adj): accompanied by bloodshed
(adj): vs. bloodless) -- (having or covered with or accompanied by blood
(adj): marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
(adj): vs. bloodless) -- (having or covered with or accompanied by blood
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This word is etymologically closely related to the word sanguine which means "cheerful" or "healthy".
I keep confusing this word with sagacity, and think it means some sort of wisdom.
The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times.
~Ulysses Simpson Grant (1869–1877)
We are Cubans and have one great aim in view, one glorious object to obtain – the freedom of our country and liberty. It is of more importance to us than glory, public applause, or anything else. Everything else will follow in time. I have never believed in or advised a sanguinary revolution, but it must be a radical one. First of all we must triumph; toward that end the most effective means, although they may appear harsh, must be employed. ~Máximo Gómez writing to Tomás Estrada Palma in 1895
Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind. - Tom Paine "The Rights of Man"