slaughterous
Example Sentences
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You can still see little badges bearing Escobar's image on Colombian taxis, but the power of the drugs cartel began to weaken as the trade moved north to Mexico, with equally slaughterous results.
From BBC
Again, his exclamation of ‘blood, blood, blood!’ is direful and slaughterous to the deepest degree; the very words appear stained and gory.
From Project Gutenberg
As our men, on the other hand, were no less determined to take it, the contest became furious and slaughterous.
From Project Gutenberg
The Spaniards fought like heroes, day after slaughterous day.
From Project Gutenberg
As he looked down between the eddies of smoke into that slaughterous pit, it was like looking from the verge of a cataract down into the yeasty pool at its base.
From Project Gutenberg
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