slaughterous adj 1: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: {gory}, {sanguinary}, {sanguineous}, {slaughterous}, {butcherly}]
Slaughterous \Slaugh"ter*ous\, a. Destructive; murderous. --Shak. --M. Arnold. -- {Slaugh"ter*ous*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]