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bloody-minded

[bluhd-ee-mahyn-did] / ˈblʌd iˈmaɪn dɪd /


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The concern is that DHS will oppose Mr. Guan’s claim in a bloody-minded attempt to punish his illegal entry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Many people initially suspected that Rittenhouse was drawn to Kenosha by Kevin Mathewson’s Facebook post and the many bloody-minded comment threads trailing behind it.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2021

The bloody-minded Sawtelle council refused to recognize the vote and stubbornly held pointless meetings, until Sawtelle took another vote, in 1922, to confirm the first.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2021

The Brits used to balance this sycophancy with some pro-European blather and a bloody-minded sense of cultural superiority.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2019

And he, being a justice of the peace, will be bound to send out a warrant to ’rest up that bloody-minded young rip of a cousin of hizzen!

From Her Mother's Secret by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte