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bloodlust

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See also: blood lust

English

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Etymology

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From blood +‎ lust.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈblʌdˌlʌst/
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Noun

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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.
    • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World [], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
      Yet the blood lust was on me now. I found myself on my feet emptying one magazine, then the other, clicking open the breech to re-load, snapping it to again, while cheering and yelling with pure ferocity and joy of slaughter as I did so.

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