What is the meaning of gory?

Covered with blood.
- usage: "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger"
- synonyms: bloodstained
Accompanied by bloodshed.
- usage: "this bitter and sanguinary war"
- synonyms: sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly

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