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- noun An
eagerness forbloodshed
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Examples
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The globe's so horrible now that I don't see how you can compare us for 'bloodthirst' - physical or metaphorical!
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Unless of course, there's some kind of bloodthirst involved.
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We needed that scene to cement not only that his character itself was deeply corrupted, but also that Aldo and the Basterds were never about what was right or fair, but their own bloodthirst.
Warhound 2009
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The fact that innocent people have been executed by the state because of prosecutors 'or the public's bloodthirst should horrify anyone.
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“If it comes to the brutal action of really as one says chewing and devouring human flesh, have we not found people in these regions over here, even among those who bear the name of Christian … who, not content with having cruelly put to death their enemies, have been unable to slake their bloodthirst except by eating their livers and hearts?”
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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“If it comes to the brutal action of really as one says chewing and devouring human flesh, have we not found people in these regions over here, even among those who bear the name of Christian … who, not content with having cruelly put to death their enemies, have been unable to slake their bloodthirst except by eating their livers and hearts?”
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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A virus is raging across the planet, turning people into bloodsucking superhumans referred to as “Devils. †Most victims die within days, sometimes months, but there†™ s a new strain, a new class of Devil that threatens to overtake mankind with power and bloodthirst.
Dark Horse Comics for February 2010 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Woman, thank God, was not born a soldier; there is enough bloodthirst and greed in men.
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008
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I felt a level of bloodthirst I had never experienced.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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I felt a level of bloodthirst I had never experienced.
The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010
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