Bloodthirst

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An eagerness for bloodshed. uncountable

    "The other surprise is the lack of bloodthirst. The Hound doesn’t lift a finger against his brother, and everyone walks away from the Dragon Pit alive except the wight, but he wasn’t alive to begin with."

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animalitybarbaritybestialitybloodlustbloodlustbrutality

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"The other surprise is the lack of bloodthirst. The Hound doesn’t lift a finger against his brother, and everyone walks away from the Dragon Pit alive except the wight, but he wasn’t alive to begin with."

Etymology

From blood + thirst.

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