Synonyms for murderous
ˈmɜr dər əsmur·der·ous

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1. homicidal, murderousadjective

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

   "a homicidal rage"; "murderous thugs"

   Synonyms:
   homicidal

   Antonyms:
   bloodless

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1. murderousadjective

   Synonyms:
   sanguinary, bloody, cruel, savage, fell, bloodthirsty

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1. murderousadjective

   Synonyms:
   sanguinary, homicidal, fell

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1. List of paraphrases for "murderous":

   deadly, homicidal, lethal, bloody, murderer, bloodthirsty, fatal

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How to use murderous in a sentence?

1. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.:

   Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.

2. Jackie Fearnley:

   It has for years been a corrupt, murderous and authoritarian regime, and there were often issues about athletes not being paid, then complaining and then perceiving themselves to be in danger if they went back to Cameroon.

3. European Council President Donald Tusk:

   Russia's actions in Syria are making an already very bad situation even worse, as a direct consequence of the Russian military campaign, the murderous Assad regime is gaining ground, the moderate Syrian opposition is loosing ground and thousands more refugees are fleeing towards Turkey and Europe.

4. Mike Pence:

   I say the United States of America doesn’t stand with murderous dictatorships, we stand up to murderous dictatorships, and we will keep standing strong until North Korea stops threatening our country, our allies or until they abandon their nuclear and ballistic missiles once and for all.

5. The Shin Bet:

   The prior discovery of the terror preparations and the prevention of the murderous attacks that were planned by the group, points to the potential rising risk of the exit of such individuals to jihadi war zones around the world.