MURDEROUS


Meaning of MURDEROUS in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

murderous rage (= anger that makes someone capable of murder )

Captain Black was in a murderous rage.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a murderous attack

Stalin's murderous regime

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A fierce, murderous jealousy lanced through Meredith.

Cheating made him squirm; it made him nervous and murderous .

If the sun came out now it would be murderous .

In convulsed countries around the world, too much food donated by well-meaning people feeds murderous gunmen instead of needy families.

In the story several people were fleeing in a car from several cars full of murderous enemies following them.

Miranda kicked her dressing table, feeling murderous .

She had hit him at lunchtime - her feelings now were even more murderous .

She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship.

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