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CUTTHROAT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("cutthroat" is a kind of...):

liquidator; manslayer; murderer (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ruthless in competition

Example:

bowelless readiness to take advantage

Synonyms:

bowelless; cutthroat; fierce

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

merciless; unmerciful (having or showing no mercy)

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