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gory

adjective as in bloody, horrible

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He also said despite warnings from teachers that Rudakubana was looking up gory and violent images online, he was too afraid to restrict his teenaged son's internet access in case it provoked a violent response.

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To survive, the Predator brand needed to widen its scope beyond the gory mayhem in some past movies, Trachtenberg said.

Something about the gory image appealed to Kennedy’s dark sense of humor.

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A recent string of deadly bear attacks has prompted Japanese filmmakers to postpone the release of a gory horror movie with the same theme.

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Classical music was the extreme music of its time, and proved you don’t need electricity, amplification or even gory lyrics to be heavy.

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