gory

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It's actually quite graphic and gory, as if Sir Arthur Conan Doyle got together with H.P. Lovecraft and did a collaborative crossover piece.

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  1. adjective Covered or stained with gore; bloody.
  2. adjective Full of or characterized by bloodshed and violence.

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  • Thurlow's cheeks were gory, already turning purple in splotches. —  PARTONE
  • First, although most historians term the gory conflicts between European Christians and Middle Eastern Muslims as "the Crusades" or the "Christian Crusades," they should more accurately be called the —  theTrumpet.com: Front Page
  • Coupled with this innovative gunplay is a slow-motion animation that often follows curved bullets close behind and right into the enemy for a gory, but equally pleasing effect. —  Gaming Target
  • CSI might be gory, after all, but if hard-trying hoofers like the campy delight —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • You might call this section "gory," except, as animation, it comes off much less so than any number of —  GreenCine Daily
 

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/ˈgoʊri/
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