adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cold-blooded murder (= not caused by strong emotions )
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He didn’t kill his wife in a moment of anger; it was cold-blooded murder.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
murder
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For treachery and cold-blooded murder it has seldom been surpassed.
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Not a man with a strong nerve, and certainly on the surface not one who could carry out a cold-blooded murder .
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The cold-blooded murder of a hospitalisation case has aroused great public indignation.
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Item - Gaveston had hated Lady Eleanor, and he, so Corbett secretly believed, was capable of cold-blooded murder .
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The alternative is a cold-blooded murder as we described before.
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A memory came back to haunt him: the cold-blooded murder of a soldier on a bleak snow-covered hillside.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a cold-blooded murderer
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The entire nation has been shocked by the cold-blooded murder of the two girls.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apparently their rhythm depended on their body temperature, which is to be expected in cold-blooded animals.
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I couldn't do anything so ridiculous as streaking cold-blooded !
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Its cold-blooded use by cops facing no threat to themselves is plainly inhumane.
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Overcrowded with 100, 000 cold-blooded bees, the hive had become a warm-blooded organism.
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Professor Herbert argues that such an arrangement is neither cold-blooded nor out of keeping for a family.
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Prosecutors say the brothers are cold-blooded killers.
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Rune had already demonstrated to her that he was far from cold-blooded .
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The honey-bush employs the cold-blooded lizards as its thermometers instead.