I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blood lust
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blood
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I had not realised that one innocent man's plight could arouse such blood lust .
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It filled his enemies with terror and his own troops with unshakeable faith and unquenchable blood lust .
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But she fell back, reading in both Harold's eyes and Felicity's an unstoppable blood lust .
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Things had now degenerated into a blood lust .
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Is this satisfying everyone's innate, latent, hopefully minimal blood lust ?
■ VERB
satisfy
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Such acts, he said, only served envy and the ambition of enraged parties or satisfied the cravings of lust .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was a man possessed by greed, jealousy and lust .
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Her lust for money is insatiable.
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There was a mixture of lust and guilt in his eyes.
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These were not feelings of love but of lust , pure and simple.
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Throughout his career he was motivated by a lust for power.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He felt as if he had been led through the seven deadly sins one by one, with lust leading the way.
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If it was lust , there were other ladies ready and willing.
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Must Aegisth tote a live snake for us to realize that lust was the motivation for the murder of Agamemnon?
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She looked more desirable than ever; now, closing his aching eyes behind their glasses, he felt lust rise.
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Visual lust and inconsistency make fine bedfellows, I can tell you.
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We are born with the potential to develop lust , hunger, and anger.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But secrets lust to make more of their kind.
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Have you secretly been lusting after their time slot?
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I lust after this man, she thought.
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Publishers worldwide must be lusting for it.