recrudescence, sanguinary

Last night there was a recrudescence of the sanguinary disorders that seemed to have abated for a time. In different parts of Germany there were clashes between Nazis, Communists, and men of the Iron Front.

Here in Berlin two men of the Iron Front were killed by Nazis. At Fulda a Nazi killed a Communist without any obvious provocation. At Konigsberg a Nazi was killed by an unknown person. The total number of killed and wounded is not certain as yet, but it would seem to have been bigger than any since the Altona disorders...

- From Recrudescence of Disorders, from the Guardian, Monday 11 July 1932.

re·cru·desce
intr.v. re·cru·desced, re·cru·desc·ing, re·cru·desc·es
To break out anew or come into renewed activity, as after a period of quiescence.

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[Latin recrdscere, to grow raw again : re-, re- + crdscere, to get worse (from crdus, raw; see kreu- in Indo-European roots).]

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recru·descence n.
recru·descent adj.

- from The Free Dictionary.

san·gui·nar·y )
adj.
1. Accompanied by bloodshed.
2. Eager for bloodshed; bloodthirsty.
3. Consisting of blood.

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[Latin sanguinrius, from sanguis, sanguin-, blood.]

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sangui·nari·ly (-nâr-l) adv.

- Also from The Free Dictionary.