as in brutality
the desire to kill or to see people killed
warriors inflamed by bloodlust
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Recent Examples of bloodlust
In the heat of its bloodlust, the weasel had killed the entire flock.
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Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
The movie quickly establishes itself as a revenge narrative, and each bad guy goes down in a way designed to suit the viewer’s justified bloodlust.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 29 May 2025
To me, the most satisfying thing would to see him be tortured by all the women he’s hurt before, but that that would satisfy bloodlust.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025
Adequately conveying Abby’s bloodlust without going beyond what viewers can tolerate had to be a tricky balance, and Mazin (who wrote the episode) and Mylod (the director) managed to find it.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2025
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Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
The movie quickly establishes itself as a revenge narrative, and each bad guy goes down in a way designed to suit the viewer’s justified bloodlust.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 29 May 2025
To me, the most satisfying thing would to see him be tortured by all the women he’s hurt before, but that that would satisfy bloodlust.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025
Adequately conveying Abby’s bloodlust without going beyond what viewers can tolerate had to be a tricky balance, and Mazin (who wrote the episode) and Mylod (the director) managed to find it.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodlust
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Kenya’s biggest cities have been roiled for days by protesters demonstrating against stagnating growth, soaring inequality, and police brutality.—
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semafor.com,
11 July 2025
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The entire world needs to stand up and condemn the severe incident, which again reveals the brutality of Hamas.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
6 July 2025
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In that kind of large-scale project, Thompson-Jones traces echoes of a brutal legacy: the savagery of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin’s Arctic infrastructure campaign, in which roads, railways, and mines were built by prisoners and forced laborers, many of whom died during the construction.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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To visit these places is to be shocked anew by the savagery that was the defining trait of the Jim Crow South — and the astonishing courage of the people who took part in the struggle for freedom and justice.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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The new law adds to existing municipal ordinances that forbid animal cruelty or neglect, including leaving a pet in too small of a space or outside in the hot Florida sun.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2025
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Miller faces four counts of cruelty to a companion animal and 34 counts of complicity.—
Aaron Valdez,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Making the loser give an address after a Grand Slam final defeat is another aspect of tennis’s unrivalled sadism.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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All circled the same themes: surveillance, body image, sadism, hyperfemininity, male (heterosexual) desire and women’s obligation to fulfill it.—
Dayna Tortorici,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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As in Squid Game, dystopian drama often plays on the barbarity of entertainment, impossible promises of curing human weakness, and finds salvation in our best qualities: solidarity, compassion, and unity.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Enforcing immigration policy does not have to be inhumane, but the Trump administration is gloating in the very barbarity.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
14 June 2025
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“Bloodlust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodlust. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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