murderous
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6.4
- adjective
- /ˈmɜrdərəs/
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- They discover a group of crazed murderous outcasts living next door.
- a murderous rampage
- a murderous attack
- a murderous act
This is one of the most ruthless, murderous men in history.
- This is one of the most ruthless, murderous men in history.
- But he, you know, Karshikov was just as murderous as Berezovsky.
- And then he becomes murderous and kills his own ideal.
- So I'm not going to make any brief for that murderous, repressive regime.
- Hyde was a sadistic, cruel and murderous person who was doing all these terrible things.
- A woman's obsession with crime and murderous stories.
- He couldn't get past her youthfulness, couldn't see beyond to the cold, murderous killer behind those dead eyes.
- This is about the right of Ukrainians to protect themselves against Putin's violent and murderous aggression.
- Do you have a murderous character?
- It's the relationships between people that lead Rikers to be a murderous rape place.
- And they are normalizing A murderous dictator.
Examples
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It was the face of a depraved, murderous beast.
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They moved here in May, 2001, and continued their murderous activities from this location.
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Central America is the most murderous region in the world.
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And the reasons behind his murderous actions may never be fully understood.
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All day we had been in Mexico, a country in the middle of a murderous conflict, and nothing.
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This is one of the most ruthless, murderous men in history.
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The cowards who committed this murderous act must not go unpunished.
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Paris succumbs to this new invasion; the illness proves itself to be more murderous than elsewhere.
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Lina's suspicion of Johnnie's murderous intent is precipitated by the death of her father.
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The police arrested him for his murderous intentions after he threatened his neighbor.
Synonyms
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7.8
A person likely to kill someone
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6.8
Wanting people to be harmed or killed
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9.9
Involving a lot of killing and blood
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9.2
Ready to use violence to hurt people
Antonyms
Compounds
How Violent
- NSFW
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6.8
- NSFW
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7.8
- NSFW
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word murderous comes from the simple word murder, which means 'killing'; think of a 'murderous' glare that feels like it could kill. So murderous describes someone or something that is 'likely to kill' or very violent.