murderous
/ˈmɝdəɹəs/ adjective C1- Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.
- Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal. · murderous behaviour· She gave me a murderous look.
- Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal.
- Very difficult. · a murderous exam· conditions were murderous
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I should have fallen into the hands of the murderous Ghazis had it not been for the devotion and courage shown by Murray, my orderly, who threw me across a pack-horse, and succeeded in bringing me safely to the British lines.
Then the light of a horrible hope gleamed in his dark, murderous eyes.
He is none other than 'Killer' Evans, of sinister and murderous reputation."
“You do not think,” asked Phelps, “that he had any murderous intention?
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