as in brutality
the desire to kill or to see people killed
warriors inflamed by bloodlust
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Recent Examples of bloodlust
The architecture matches the vibe; there's bloodlust in the air and even among the ragged fans who camp along the road outside.
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Neda Ulaby, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
His temperament is better suited to stories of heroic resilience than ones of greed, bloodlust, and cynical isolationism.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Her plan, then, is to reinvigorate his dormant bloodlust.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 July 2025
However, some new reevaluations of primary source documents and ethnobotanical fieldwork now suggests there was more to the madman than tyrannical bloodlust.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
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Neda Ulaby, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
His temperament is better suited to stories of heroic resilience than ones of greed, bloodlust, and cynical isolationism.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Her plan, then, is to reinvigorate his dormant bloodlust.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 July 2025
However, some new reevaluations of primary source documents and ethnobotanical fieldwork now suggests there was more to the madman than tyrannical bloodlust.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodlust
Noun
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Biden was slow to react to Netanyahu's growing brutality and, as Harris says in her book, failed to show sufficient empathy for the plight of the Gazans.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The movie begins with a 10-year-old Michael already showing the brutality for which The Shape was known, then flashes forward 15 years to an adult Michael (Tyler Mane) pursuing his younger sister, Laurie (Scout Taylor-Compton).—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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On that day, Islamist terrorists committed the worst savagery against the Jewish people since the Holocaust.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Guardsmen in McPherson Square, ferried there by U.S. Park Service personnel, seemed a world removed from crime and savagery and scum.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Being tied to the mast of a regime defined by cruelty and graft is a problem of another magnitude entirely.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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After shifting power to the people—like a year-plus bus boycott can do, for example—and getting the government to lessen its corruption, cruelty, injustice or violence, defending those gains is a must.—
Michael Shank,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The series begins before Gein has ever killed, in 1945, as dawning awareness of death camps in Europe fills the air with sadism and conspiracy thinking.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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The invading parasite is a culture of hate and paranoia and sadism — mass hysteria as sanctioned by the government that is supposed to protect you.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Amid all the barbarity for barbarity’s sake, Jonsson carries the film with a deep well of unspoken regret.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
12 Sep. 2025
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Netanyahu is the excuse for staying silent about Israeli barbarity in Palestine.—
Uriel Kon
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Create a communications and social media platform that is wired to fight back with the same fierceness and determination as the IDF.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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The symbolic fierceness was backed up by AVG pilots in combat.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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The British police, however, were given an indication of Daniel’s ruthlessness.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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This was the Netherlands being defeated by a less flamboyant side, but one which offered technical skill, tactical quality and a sense of disciplined ruthlessness and defensive quality that all winning sides must possess.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Bloodlust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodlust. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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