murderous
pronunciation
How to pronounce murderous in British English:
UK [ˈmɜ:dərəs]
How to pronounce murderous in American English:
US [ˈmɜrdərəs]
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- Adjective:
- capable of or conducive to bloodshed
Word Origin
- murderous (adj.)
- 1530s, a hybrid from murder + -ous. An Old English word for it was morðorhycgende. Related: Murderously; murderousness.
Example
- 1. Relativism does not entail that we should tolerate murderous tyranny .
- 2. He called hamas " murderous terrorists " who had staged a coup and tried to assassinate him .
- 3. Then she gets caught up in a murderous conspiracy that reaches from beijing to wall street .
- 4. And this week 's murderous attacks , almost certainly executed by al-qaeda 's iraqi offshoot with the aim of disrupting the summit , may yet succeed in their goal .
- 5. This explained why a man purportedly threatened with death had ventured out alone on a bicycle in one of the most murderous cities in the world .