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# sanguinary

«sanguinary» in Mova's school dictionary: **Involving much bloodshed and killing; bloody and violent…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more sanguinary, most sanguinary)

### meaning for a pupil

Involving much bloodshed and killing; bloody and violent (formal, old use). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguinary/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales of battles and fights, describes a fierce struggle in which people are wounded or killed

### examples

- It was a sanguinary battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguinary/#x1)
- The sanguinary fight ended with many wounded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguinary/#x2)
- The war was long and sanguinary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguinary/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sanguinary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sanguinary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.