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   Mur·der·ous

   /ˈmərd(ə)rəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. capable of or intending to murder; dangerously violent: "a brutal and murderous despot" Similar homicidalbrutalviolentsavageferociousfierceviciousbloodthirstybarbarousbarbariccruelinhumanfatallethaldeadlymortalkillingdeath-dealingbloodyliterary:fellarchaic:sanguinary
   • ▪ (of an action, event, or plan) involving murder or extreme violence: "the most vicious and murderous acts of human aggression"
   • ▪ extremely arduous or unpleasant: "the team had a murderous schedule of four games in ten days" Similar arduousgruelingstrenuouspunishingonerousback-breakingcrushingexhaustingtaxingdifficulthardlaboriousrigorousstressfulformidableintolerableunbearableharrowinginformal:killinghellishknackeringOpposite easylight

   Derivatives

   • 1. murderously adverb
   • 2. murderousness noun

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