murderous

adjective mur·der·ous \ ˈmər-d(ə-)rəs \

|Updated on: 22 Jun 2018

Examples: murderous in a Sentence

Definition of murderous

1 a : having the purpose or capability of murder

b : characterized by or causing murder or bloodshed

2 : having the ability or power to overwhelm : devastating

murderous heat

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murderously

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murderousness

noun

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Examples of murderous in a Sentence

I can't stand this murderous heat.
The lead runner set a murderous pace.

Recent Examples of murderous from the Web

Kim stands accused of leading a murderous regime that starves its own people.

— CBS News, "Trump grumbles that deal with North Korea isn't getting enough praise," 16 June 2018
Presidents don’t habitually welcome murderous dictators to the White House (although, as Vice pointed out, basically every president cozies up to a dictator at some point).

— alex ward, Vox, "Trump just made 3 shocking statements about North Korea," 7 June 2018
Green’s narrative reveals Pete, Pipe and the rest to be casually, habitually murderous, assaulting and threatening people with impunity because no one will testify against them.

— jill leovy, New York Times, "The Killers of the ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gang and the Cops Who Went After Them," 1 June 2018
Robinson had been arrested multiple times before last week, for crimes including fraud and assault, according to Leeds Live, and Twitter has permanently banned him for claiming that Islam is murderous.

— avi selk, Washington Post, "Conservative outrage after anti-Muslim campaigner Tommy Robinson secretly jailed in Britain," 29 May 2018
The lack of gun play illustrated Merritt's lack of murderous intent, according to Moore.

— mitch mitchell, star-telegram, "'I don't remember pulling the trigger,' he said, but man gets life in prison for murder," 24 May 2018
New Orleans' Running of the Bulls (also known as San Fermin in Nueva Orleans) is much, much better than the original Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain, for the simple reason that there are no murderous bulls involved.

— doug maccash, NOLA.com, "New Orleans Running of the Bulls 2018 stampedes the CBD July 14," 4 June 2018
With plenty of murderous espionage antics, The Americans picked up speed in its last season, but the show remained centered on the emotional journey of the family and the toll that spying can impose even on its most devoted practitioners.

— scott johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, "'The Americans' Cast and Crew Talk Espionage Tricks With CIA Spies," 31 May 2018
So long as his supporters are sufficiently spooked by the spectre of raping, murderous dark interlopers in their midst, they can't be bothered to care that Trump and his cronies are flagrantly harvesting personal riches out of public works.

— mari uyehara, GQ, "What Trump Really Means When He Talks About Migrant Children, MS-13, and "Animals"," 30 May 2018

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