San″gui‐na‐ry (?), a. [L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinaire.] 1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.
We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences. Bacon.
2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
Passion... makes us brutal and sanguinary. Broome.
Syn. — Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel.