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Definition of take-no-prisoners
: having a fierce, relentless, or merciless character
take-no-prisoners politics
Synonyms & Antonyms for take-no-prisoners
Synonyms
- affectless,
- callous,
- case-hardened,
- cold-blooded,
- compassionless,
- desensitized,
- hard,
- hard-boiled,
- hard-hearted,
- heartless,
- indurate,
- inhuman,
- inhumane,
- insensate,
- insensitive,
- ironhearted,
- merciless,
- obdurate,
- pachydermatous,
- pitiless,
- remorseless,
- ruthless,
- slash-and-burn,
- soulless,
- stony
- (also stoney),
- stonyhearted,
- thick-skinned,
- uncharitable,
- unfeeling,
- unmerciful,
- unsparing,
- unsympathetic
Antonyms
- charitable,
- compassionate,
- humane,
- kindhearted,
- kindly,
- merciful,
- sensitive,
- softhearted,
- sympathetic,
- tender,
- tenderhearted,
- warm,
- warmhearted
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The first known use of take-no-prisoners was in 1974
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