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in cold blood

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. coldly, in cold bloodadverb

    in a cold unemotional manner

    "he killed her in cold blood"

Wiktionary

  1. in cold bloodadverb

    In a ruthless and unfeeling manner; premeditated and deliberate.

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  1. In Cold Blood

    In Cold Blood is a song by British indie rock band alt-J. It is the second track and second single from their third studio album, Relaxer, and was released as a digital single on 29 March 2017 by Infectious Music and Atlantic Records. The song was written by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, and Thom Sonny Green and produced by Charlie Andrew. It features a brass section recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London and a Casiotone the band purchased for £1.05 on eBay. The song's title is a reference to the novel of the same name by American novelist Truman Capote. The song's composition dates back to when the band started during their studies at the University of Leeds.

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  1. in cold blood

    "In cold blood" is an idiomatic expression that refers to intentionally committing a cruel or violent act, particularly murder, in a calm and unemotional manner, without any apparent anger, passion or provocation. It often implies that the act was premeditated or calculated, rather than impulsive or spontaneous.

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  1. In Cold Blood

    In Cold Blood is a 1967 film based on Truman Capote's book of the same name. Richard Brooks prepared the adaptation and directed the film. It stars Robert Blake as Perry Smith, Scott Wilson as Richard "Dick" Hickock and John Forsythe as Alvin Dewey. The film follows the trail of Smith and Hickock; they break into the home of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, kill all four members of the family, go on the run, are found and caught by the police, tried for the murders and eventually executed. Although the film is in parts faithful to the book, Brooks created a fictional character, "The Reporter". The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: Director, Original Score, Cinematography and Adapted Screenplay. Some scenes were filmed on the locations of the original events, including Garden City and Holcomb, Kansas; Kansas State Penitentiary, where Smith and Hickock were executed; and the Clutter residence, where the murders took place. In 2008 the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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  1. in cold blood

    Read the full text of the In Cold Blood poem by Kurt Philip Behm on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of in cold blood in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of in cold blood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of in cold blood in a Sentence

  1. President Trump:

    Americas heart broke the day after Christmas when a young police officer in California was savagely murdered in cold-blood by an illegal alien who just came across the border, the life of an American hero was stolen by someone who had no right to be in our country.

  2. Donald Trump:

    Just recently, a young 18-year-old man from North Dakota … was targeted and killed, run down in cold blood with an SUV by a radical left maniac, this guy ran him down and not one mainstream media network has even mentioned this horrible crime. Think of it now. Think of it the other way. Think of it the other way. Supposing a mad person ran down somebody on the other side, it would be the biggest story you've ever seen. It's a disgrace.

  3. An NYPD source:

    She clearly wants someone to go to the officer’s house and assassinate him in cold blood just like Ramos and Liu.

  4. Joe Berlinger:

    It was not an easy decision on their part and they had to think long and hard about it, and I think some of them still feel ambivalent about participating… One of the results of… ‘In Cold Blood' is that we have a lot of sympathy for the killers, because of how Truman Capote told that story… not excusing them for what they did, but seeing them as three-dimensional human beings. ..[and] all of these films kind of celebrate the killers in a perverse way…. the family felt very violated by the experience. They felt violated by ‘In Cold Blood.’.

  5. Police Chief Art Acevedo:

    If you think about his fascination with the doctor and the fact that he ends up killing this man in cold blood, the only thing Houston Police can think of is the connection between his mother dying over 20 years ago during surgery.


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