merciless

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    having or showing no mercy

Word Origin

merciless (adj.)
late 14c., see mercy + -less. Related: Mercilessly.

Antonym

adj.

merciful

Example

1. Those commentaries , with a few exceptions , were merciless .
2. The japanese invasion of china which began in 1937 was merciless .
3. The tone of opinion columns can be merciless .
4. The " police action " described by colonel gowon at the outset turned into a bloody conflict and a merciless siege .
5. Defenders of civilisation or merciless rack-renters ?

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