Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Murderous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Murderous \Mur"der*ous\, a.
Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing,
murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder;
bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine;
murderous intent; a murderous assault. ``Murderous coward.''
--Shak. -- {Mur"der*ous*ly}, adv.
Syn: Bloody; sanguinary; bloodguilty; bloodthirsty; fell;
savage; cruel.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
murderous
adj : capable of or conducive to bloodshed; "a cutthroat rogue";
"a homicidal rage"; "murderous thugs" [syn: {cutthroat},
{homicidal}]
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