marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
<adj.all> bloody-minded tyrants bloodthirsty yells went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood
Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, n. [L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See {Sanguinary}, a.] (Bot.) (a) The yarrow. (b) The Sanguinaria.
Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, a. [L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinaire.] 1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.
We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences. --Bacon.
2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary. --Broome.