murderous

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mur·der·ous /ˈmɜːdərəs $ ˈmɜːr-/ adjectiveadj

1 KILLvery dangerous and likely to kill people 杀气腾腾的；可能杀人的；凶残的

a murderous attack

凶残的攻击

murderous drug dealers

凶恶的毒品贩子

2. murderous look/expression/glare etc ANGRYan expression or look which shows that someone is very angry 恶狠狠的目光/表情/怒视等

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murderous look/expression/glare etc• She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship.• She cast a murderous look over his hard male profile.

—murderously adverbadv

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murderous• Cheating made him squirm; it made him nervous and murderous.• If the sun came out now it would be murderous.• Miranda kicked her dressing table, feeling murderous.• She had hit him at lunchtime - her feelings now were even more murderous.• a murderous attack• In the story several people were fleeing in a car from several cars full of murderous enemies following them.• In convulsed countries around the world, too much food donated by well-meaning people feeds murderous gunmen instead of needy families.• A fierce, murderous jealousy lanced through Meredith.• She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship.• Stalin's murderous regime

mur·der·ous adjectiveadj

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