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Bloodlust

//ˈblʌdˌlʌst// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    a desire for bloodshed wordnet

Etymology

From blood + lust.

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