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murderous

/ˈmɝdəɹəs/adjective3 syllables

Murderous means: characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being.

Synonyms for murderous13

adjective, as in characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being

homicidal, bloody

also used for murderous

assassinous, killing, arduous, challenging, nasty, difficult, effortful, hard, rough, rocky, thistly

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What does murderous mean?1

adjective

1

characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being“a homicidal rage”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Murderous in a sentence

  • If the truth is horrible, the lie is murderous.Objectivesea
  • This only increased his desire to be revenged on the murderous duke.unknown
  • Murderous revenge is a story as old as time.OsoHombre
  • Nothing can stop Fadil from executing his murderous plan.OsoHombre
  • Morocco is using murderous drones against the Sahrawis.Amastan
  • Reading history books, one gets the impression that everyone in the past was a murderous thug.mailohilohi
  • Painful and murderous war is purple, the color of peace is a luminous sky blue.carlosalberto
  • Sami was in a murderous rage.OsoHombre

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