If you describe a situation as ~, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
...the ~ competition in personal computers.
= ruthless
ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval
If you describe a situation as ~, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
...the ~ competition in personal computers.
= ruthless
ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012