Definitions for murderous
ˈmɜr dər əsmur·der·ous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. homicidal, murderousadjective

   characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being

   "a homicidal rage"; "murderous thugs"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. murderousadjective

   Intending, or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty or homicidal.

   murderous behaviour

2. murderousadjective

   Very difficult.

   a murderous exam

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Murderousadjective

   Bloody; guilty of murder; addicted to blood.

   Etymology: from murder.

   Upon thy eye-balls murd’rous tyranny
   Sits in grim majesty to fright the world. William Shakespeare.

   Oh murd’rous coxcomb! what should such a fool
   Do with so good a wife? William Shakespeare, Othello.

   Enforc’d to fly
   Thence into Egypt, till the murd’rous king
   Were dead, who sought his life; and missing, fill’d
   With infant blood the streets of Bethlehem. John Milton.

   If she has deform’d this earthly life
   With murd’rous rapine and seditious strife;
   In everlasting darkness must she lie. Matthew Prior.

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1. murderous

   Murderous is an adjective describing something or someone capable of, intending or likely to commit murder. It can also refer to a violent, dangerous, extremely fierce or savage nature or behavior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Murderousadjective

   of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous intent; a murderous assault

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of murderous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of murderous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of murderous in a Sentence

1. Marco Rubio:

   By acting decisively against the very facility from which Assad launched his murderous chemical weapons attack, President Trump has made it clear to Assad and those who empower him that the days of committing war crimes with impunity are over.

2. Hilary Benn:

   It takes courage to stand by your principles and your friends when they are attacked, whether in Orlando, Paris or Brussels, doing so makes us stronger and shows our resolve to stand up for our values and our way of life in the face of those who hold both in such murderous contempt.

3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   conglomerhates-this is a term that I coined while noticing the umbrella strategy under which certain entities in the -murderous music industry- steal the wailers reggae legacy. it was also a strategy developedin the early 1800's by which some sets of folks joined forces with each other to the exclusion of some, thereby monopolizing the market. today, we see the umg/bmg system of music and entertainment conglomerhates/conglomerates- doing the same thing.

4. Philip Hammond:

   This isn't just about cooperating with the French authorities - it's about cooperating across Europe with intelligence agencies, with police authorities to ensure that we intercept these people, we identify them and we prevent them going about their murderous plans wherever they are planning and plotting and wherever they are seeking to attack.

5. Tomer Persico:

   They are taking these elements and, in a fundamentalist way, accentuating them to the point where they live in unlawful settlements anywhere they want and (their relationship) with the Palestinians is violent and sometimes murderous.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=murderous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Murderous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=murderous
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murderous