Slaughterous: alternatives and connections

Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Having the color of blood; red.

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Having the color of blood; red.

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Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell.

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Covered with gore or clotted blood.

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Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.

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Abounding with blood; sanguine.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.