blood-and-guts

[ bluhd-n-guhts ]

adjective

1. dealing with or depicting war or violence, especially in a lurid manner:

   a blood-and-guts movie.

2. concerned with fundamental needs, problems, values, etc.:

   The blood-and-guts issues will determine the election.

Example Sentences

Before seeing “The Substance,” I considered myself to be generally thick-skinned about blood and guts.

From Salon

With fearless, ferocious leads Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley willing to let the camera chop them into chunks of flesh — lips, calves, hair, wrinkles and, yes, keisters — for a film that prioritizes shocks over plot, get ready for a whole lot of their blood and guts too.

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe what it takes to depict visceral political arguments is, well, viscera; maybe you have to fight blood and soil with blood and guts.

From New York Times

It opts for softer gross-outs like bugs and vomit instead of heavy blood and guts, but it doesn’t sacrifice impact.

From New York Times

It opts for softer gross-outs like bugs and vomit instead of heavy blood and guts, but it doesn’t sacrifice impact.

From New York Times

Related Words

• bloodshed
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