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1
difficult to endure
- the murderous heat of the desert
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2
requiring considerable physical or mental effort
- those exams were murderous
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- arduous,
- Augean,
- backbreaking,
- challenging,
- demanding,
- difficult,
- effortful,
- exacting,
- formidable,
- grueling
- (or gruelling),
- hard,
- heavy,
- hellacious,
- herculean,
- killer,
- laborious,
- moiling,
- pick-and-shovel,
- rigorous,
- rough,
- rugged,
- severe,
- stiff,
- strenuous,
- sweaty,
- tall,
- testing,
- toilsome,
- tough,
- uphill
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- cheap,
- easy,
- effortless,
- facile,
- light,
- mindless,
- simple,
- soft,
- undemanding
3
likely to cause or capable of causing death
- braved murderous machine-gun fire to capture the hill from the enemy
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4
eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing
- Viking warriors became legendary for the murderous fury they displayed in battle
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The first known use of murderous was in 1535
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