"murderous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɜːdəɹəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɜːdɹəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɝdəɹəs/ [General-American], /ˈmɝdɹəs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-murderous.wav Forms: more murderous [comparative], most murderous [superlative]
Etymology: From murder + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting possession or presence of a quality). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mer-|id=die}}, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{suffix|en|murder|ous|pos2=suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting possession or presence of a quality}} murder + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting possession or presence of a quality) Head templates: {{en-adj}} murderous (comparative more murderous, superlative most murderous)
  1. Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers. Translations (of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers): убийствен (ubijstven) (Bulgarian), 殺伐とした (satsubatsu to shita) (Japanese), מערדערלעך (merderlekh) (Yiddish), מערדעריש (merderish) (Yiddish), רציחהדיק (retsíkhedik) (Yiddish), רצחניש (ratskhonish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-murderous-en-adj-NYM7KrgE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 36 30 4 Disambiguation of 'of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers': 91 4 4 1
  2. Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal. Categories (topical): Murder Synonyms: assassinous [obsolete] Translations (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal): ἀνδροδάικτος (androdáiktos) (Ancient Greek), φονικός (phonikós) (Ancient Greek), قَتُول (qatūl) (Arabic), ܩܛܘܠܐ [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), assassí (Catalan), vražedný (Czech), moordzuchtig (Dutch), murda (Esperanto), murdema (Esperanto), murhaava (Finnish), murhanhimoinen (Finnish), meurtrier (French), სასიკვდილო (sasiḳvdilo) (Georgian), mörderisch (German), δολοφονικός (dolofonikós) [masculine] (Greek), φονικός (fonikós) [masculine] (Greek), gyilkos (Hungarian), letale (Italian), micidiale (Italian), mortale (Italian), omicida (Italian), omicidiario (Italian), 殺伐とした (satsubatsu to shita) (Japanese), internecīvus (Latin), slepkavīgs (Latvian), കൊലപാതക (kolapātaka) (Malayalam), dedly (Middle English), morderisk (Norwegian Bokmål), mordarisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), մարդասպան (mardaspan) (Old Armenian), homicida (Portuguese), assassino (Portuguese), asasin (Romanian), ucigaș (Romanian), ucigător (Romanian), крова́вый (krovávyj) (Russian), हिंस्र (hiṃsra) (Sanskrit), у̏битачан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), у̀бојит [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȕbitačan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ùbojit [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), asesino (Spanish), homicida (Spanish), mordisk (Swedish), מערדעריש (merderish) (Yiddish), רציחהדיק (retsíkhedik) (Yiddish), רצחניש (ratskhonish) (Yiddish)
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  3. (often figuratively) Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal. Tags: figuratively, often Translations (used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal): ܩܛܘܠܐ [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), assassí (Catalan), meurtrier (French), სასიკვდილო (sasiḳvdilo) (Georgian), gyilkos (Hungarian), micidiale (Italian), у̏битачан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȕbitačan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dödlig (Swedish), מערדערלעך (merderlekh) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-murderous-en-adj-tzhbrSfX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 36 30 4 Disambiguation of 'used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal': 4 18 75 2
  4. (by extension) Very difficult. Tags: broadly Synonyms: killing, difficult Translations (very difficult): много труден (mnogo truden) (Bulgarian), mörderisch (German), φονικός (fonikós) [masculine] (Greek), morderisk (Norwegian Bokmål), mordarisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), mördande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-murderous-en-adj-Q2lCX-Ja Disambiguation of 'very difficult': 0 1 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: murtherous [obsolete] Derived forms: murderously, murderousness, nonmurderous, unmurderous

Alternative forms

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          "text": "While Harley had been in no way responsible for Pelton's murderous attack upon Yesler, public opinion held him to account.",
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          "ref": "2014 November 17, Roger Cohen, “The horror! The horror! The trauma of ISIS [print version: International New York Times, 18 November 2014, page 9]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-08-25:",
          "text": "[O]ne minute this \"Jihadi John\" was struggling to get by, and get accepted, in drizzly England, unemployed with a mortgage to pay and a chip on his shoulder, and the next he stands in brilliant Levantine sunlight, where everything is clear and etched, at the vanguard of some Sunni Risorgimento intent on subjecting the world to its murderous brand of Wahhabi Islam.",
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          "ref": "1659, Richard Baxter, “Reproving Our Unwillingness to Die”, in The Saints Everlasting Rest: Or, A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Glory. […], 8th edition, London: […] Thomas Underhill and Francis Tyton, […], →OCLC, part IV, section V, page 603:",
          "text": "Is any man loth to leave his priſon? or to remove his dwelling from cruel enemies? or to ſcape the hands of murderous robbers? Do we take the world indeed for our priſon? our cruel, ſpoyling, murderous foe? and yet we are loth to leave it?",
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          "text": "De Salez her Husband ſtriving and ſtrugling for life againſt the pangs of death; fear and haſt (contrary to her intent and mind) had ſo made his murtherous wifes hand ſhake and tremble, as ſhe did not ſo fully cut his throat-bole, but he could yet both cry and groan, which he did very mournfully, and which indeed was ſoon over-heard by a man and a maid-ſervant of his, […]",
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          "text": "Adam alſo was the High Prieſt, and received Authority from God, to teach the ſucceeding Generations of Men how to worſhip God, and what Sacrifices were to be offered by Cain and Abel, and all Poſterity. By which Sacrifices were brought into all Nations, to apply the Blood of the Lamb, ſlain from the foundation of the World, in the unalterable Purpoſes of God, to the Conſciences of all Men for the Remiſſion of their Sins, and to Excommunicate murderous Cain from the preſence of the Lord, […]",
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          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
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          "word": "մարդասպան"
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          "word": "assassí"
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          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
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          "word": "vražedný"
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          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
          "word": "murhaava"
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          "word": "murhanhimoinen"
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          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
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          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
          "word": "სასიკვდილო"
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          "word": "mörderisch"
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          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
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          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
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          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
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          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
          "code": "it",
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          "word": "internecīvus"
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          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
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          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
          "word": "ucigător"
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          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
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          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
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          "roman": "hiṃsra",
          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
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          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
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          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
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          "word": "у̀бојит"
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
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          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ùbojit"
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
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          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
          "word": "asesino"
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
          "word": "homicida"
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
          "word": "mordisk"
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
          "code": "yi",
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          "roman": "merderish",
          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
          "word": "מערדעריש"
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
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          "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
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          "_dis1": "9 54 34 3",
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          "word": "unmurderous"
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          "text": "The rapid ſquadrons ſwift as thought engage, / And ſeek the hoſtile troops who ſhun their rage, / 'Midſt the thick clouds which ſmoak and duſt afford / With dreadful luſtre gleams the murderous ſword; […]",
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          "text": "In neceſſary ſelf-defence men have a right to kill their aſſailants. But duelling is unlawful and murderous, a remain of the ancient Gothic barbarity.",
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        {
          "ref": "1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Assassinat”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, signature G, recto, column 2:",
          "text": "Aſſaſſinat: m. A murther, or murtherous act committed for gaine, or in hope of a revvard; alſo, a ſuddaine aſſault, made of ſet purpoſe, and vvith a murtherous intent, although th' aſſaulted be not killed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1878 October, “A Tussle with Yellow Jack”, in G[eorge] Bampfield, editor, S. Andrew’s Magazine, volume I, number 10, London: Burns & Oates, […], →OCLC, page 1:",
          "text": "Every time I heard the bell strike, that denotes the time on board a ship, I full of terror counted the hours until four o'clock; feeling sure that when that hour came, my enemies would begin their murderous attack.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1909, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 18, in Ridgway of Montana:",
          "text": "While Harley had been in no way responsible for Pelton's murderous attack upon Yesler, public opinion held him to account.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 November 17, Roger Cohen, “The horror! The horror! The trauma of ISIS [print version: International New York Times, 18 November 2014, page 9]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-08-25:",
          "text": "[O]ne minute this \"Jihadi John\" was struggling to get by, and get accepted, in drizzly England, unemployed with a mortgage to pay and a chip on his shoulder, and the next he stands in brilliant Levantine sunlight, where everything is clear and etched, at the vanguard of some Sunni Risorgimento intent on subjecting the world to its murderous brand of Wahhabi Islam.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "characterize",
          "characterize"
        ],
        [
          "murder",
          "murder#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "murderer",
          "murderer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nonmurderous"
        },
        {
          "word": "unmurderous"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "murderous behaviour",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "She gave me a murderous look.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1659, Richard Baxter, “Reproving Our Unwillingness to Die”, in The Saints Everlasting Rest: Or, A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Glory. […], 8th edition, London: […] Thomas Underhill and Francis Tyton, […], →OCLC, part IV, section V, page 603:",
          "text": "Is any man loth to leave his priſon? or to remove his dwelling from cruel enemies? or to ſcape the hands of murderous robbers? Do we take the world indeed for our priſon? our cruel, ſpoyling, murderous foe? and yet we are loth to leave it?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1662, John Reynolds, “History XI”, in The Triumphs of Gods Revenge against the Crying and Execrable Sin of Murther. […] Book III, London: […] A. M. for William Lee, […], →OCLC, page 152:",
          "text": "De Salez her Husband ſtriving and ſtrugling for life againſt the pangs of death; fear and haſt (contrary to her intent and mind) had ſo made his murtherous wifes hand ſhake and tremble, as ſhe did not ſo fully cut his throat-bole, but he could yet both cry and groan, which he did very mournfully, and which indeed was ſoon over-heard by a man and a maid-ſervant of his, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1711, Obedience to Civil Government Clearly Stated: […], London: […] George Strahan, […], →OCLC, page 34:",
          "text": "Adam alſo was the High Prieſt, and received Authority from God, to teach the ſucceeding Generations of Men how to worſhip God, and what Sacrifices were to be offered by Cain and Abel, and all Poſterity. By which Sacrifices were brought into all Nations, to apply the Blood of the Lamb, ſlain from the foundation of the World, in the unalterable Purpoſes of God, to the Conſciences of all Men for the Remiſſion of their Sins, and to Excommunicate murderous Cain from the preſence of the Lord, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal."
      ],
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        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "intend",
          "intend"
        ],
        [
          "likely",
          "likely"
        ],
        [
          "commit",
          "commit"
        ],
        [
          "bloodthirsty",
          "bloodthirsty"
        ],
        [
          "homicidal",
          "homicidal"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "assassinous"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nonmurderous"
        },
        {
          "word": "unmurderous"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1782, [Frederick the Great], “Book VI”, in [anonymous], transl., The Art of War; […] Translated from the French of the King of Prussia, 2nd edition, London: […] G. Riley, […], →OCLC, page 56:",
          "text": "The rapid ſquadrons ſwift as thought engage, / And ſeek the hoſtile troops who ſhun their rage, / 'Midſt the thick clouds which ſmoak and duſt afford / With dreadful luſtre gleams the murderous ſword; […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1796, John Brown, “Of the Law of Nature”, in A Compendious View of Natural and Revealed Religion. […], 2nd edition, Edinburgh: […] Murray & Cochrane, →OCLC, book I (Of the Regulating Standard of Religion, Natural and Revealed), page 25:",
          "text": "In neceſſary ſelf-defence men have a right to kill their aſſailants. But duelling is unlawful and murderous, a remain of the ancient Gothic barbarity.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912, George A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter XXI, in The Red Hand of Ulster, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 255:",
          "text": "In street fighting at close quarters a gun of this kind is very murderous and ought to do a terrible amount of destruction.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "object",
          "object#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "used",
          "use#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "capable",
          "capable"
        ],
        [
          "causing",
          "cause#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ],
        [
          "deadly",
          "deadly"
        ],
        [
          "fatal",
          "fatal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often figuratively) Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "easy"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a murderous exam",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "conditions were murderous",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very difficult."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Very difficult."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "killing"
        },
        {
          "word": "difficult"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɜːdəɹəs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɜːdɹəs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɝdəɹəs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɝdɹəs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "murderess (one pronunciation)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "murtherous"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubijstven",
      "sense": "of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers",
      "word": "убийствен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "satsubatsu to shita",
      "sense": "of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers",
      "word": "殺伐とした"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "merderlekh",
      "sense": "of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers",
      "word": "מערדערלעך"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "merderish",
      "sense": "of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers",
      "word": "מערדעריש"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "retsíkhedik",
      "sense": "of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers",
      "word": "רציחהדיק"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ratskhonish",
      "sense": "of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers",
      "word": "רצחניש"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qatūl",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "قَتُول"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac"
      ],
      "word": "ܩܛܘܠܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "mardaspan",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "մարդասպան"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "assassí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "vražedný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "moordzuchtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "murda"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "murdema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "murhaava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "murhanhimoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "meurtrier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasiḳvdilo",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "სასიკვდილო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "mörderisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dolofonikós",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δολοφονικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fonikós",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φονικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "androdáiktos",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "ἀνδροδάικτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phonikós",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "φονικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "gyilkos"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "letale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "micidiale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "mortale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "omicida"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "omicidiario"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "satsubatsu to shita",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "殺伐とした"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "internecīvus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "slepkavīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kolapātaka",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "കൊലപാതക"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "dedly"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "morderisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "mordarisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "homicida"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "assassino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "asasin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "ucigaș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "ucigător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krovávyj",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "крова́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "hiṃsra",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "हिंस्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "у̏битачан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "у̀бојит"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȕbitačan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ùbojit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "asesino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "homicida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "mordisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "merderish",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "מערדעריש"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "retsíkhedik",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "רציחהדיק"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ratskhonish",
      "sense": "likely to commit murder — see also homicidal",
      "word": "רצחניש"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac"
      ],
      "word": "ܩܛܘܠܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal",
      "word": "assassí"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal",
      "word": "meurtrier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasiḳvdilo",
      "sense": "used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal",
      "word": "სასიკვდილო"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal",
      "word": "gyilkos"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal",
      "word": "micidiale"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "у̏битачан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȕbitačan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal",
      "word": "dödlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "merderlekh",
      "sense": "used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal",
      "word": "מערדערלעך"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mnogo truden",
      "sense": "very difficult",
      "word": "много труден"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very difficult",
      "word": "mörderisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fonikós",
      "sense": "very difficult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φονικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "very difficult",
      "word": "morderisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "very difficult",
      "word": "mordarisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very difficult",
      "word": "mördande"
    }
  ],
  "word": "murderous"
}

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