"bloodlust" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈblʌdˌlʌst/ [UK, US] Forms: bloodlusts [plural]
Etymology: From blood + lust. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blood|lust}} blood + lust Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bloodlust (countable and uncountable, plural bloodlusts)
  1. A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Directives, Violence Synonyms: ferocity, savagery, barbarism Derived forms: bloodlusted Translations (the desire for bloodshed): χάρμη (khármē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), кръвожадност (krǎvožadnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), blodtørst [common-gender] (Danish), bloedlust [neuter] (Dutch), verenhimo (Finnish), soif de sang [feminine] (French), Blutrausch [masculine] (German), sete di sangue [feminine] (Italian), sede de sangue [feminine] (Portuguese), кровожа́дность (krovožádnostʹ) [masculine] (Russian), жа́жда крови (žážda krovi) (Russian), крвожеђ (Serbo-Croatian), sed de sangre (Spanish), blodtörst [common-gender] (Swedish), saseniäl (Volapük)

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