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cut-throat /ˈkʌtθrəʊt /noun1 dated A murderer or other violent criminal: meanwhile, Hitler and his crew of cut-throats were tramping all over Europe...- And of course the fact that there are elections in the offing would have absolutely nothing to do with the timing of Michael's pronouncements that the group is a bunch of murderers, gangsters, cut-throats and crooks.
- Yet he ‘and his crew of financial cut-throats can loot the bank and rob 1260 depositors and you can send him to the penitentiary for only three years.’
- With his crew of cut-throats, Sinbad attacked defenceless merchant ships and did what pirates do, thankfully omitted here because this is a U-certificate cartoon from DreamWorks.
Synonyms murderer, killer, assassin, butcher, liquidator, executioner; thug, bravo informal hitman North American informal button man literary slayer dated homicide 2 short for cut-throat razor.After first putting the fish mullet hair style on the map, company owner and hair expert Paul has evolved it into the more slick, stylish look, using his solid silver (Fish-engraved) cut-throat. 3 (also cut-throat trout) A trout of western North America, with red or orange markings under the jaw.- Salmo clarki, family Salmonidae.
Rainbow, cut-throat, grayling and brown trout make their home in the Bow River and its network of streams....- It is also a spawning and rearing habitat for three threatened salmon species, steelhead and cut-throat trout.
adjective1(Of a competitive situation or activity) fierce and intense; involving the use of ruthless measures: the cut-throat world of fashion...- With high profits, more provincial people are digging for money by setting up schools, which leads to a more cut-throat competition, said Xu.
- Relying only on price will lead to cut-throat competition and disappearing profits.
- So how does he get the press in the cut-throat competition of London Fashion Week, when there are some 70 designers showing in five days?
Synonyms ruthless, merciless, pitiless, unfeeling, relentless, aggressive North American informal badass dog-eat-dog, fiercely competitive, intensely competitive 1.1(Of a person) using ruthless methods in a competitive situation: the greedy cut-throat manufacturers he worked for...- And the leaders of all these religions are corrupt and power-hungry, no matter how much peace and brotherly love they preach, they are cut-throat hypocrites.
- One can't fault them for thinking that this is the most cutthroat bunch of political operators to soil the Oval Office rugs in a long time.
- I'd call them a bunch of cutthroat pirates… except that would be awfully unfair to pirates.
2Denoting a form of whist (or other card game normally for four) played by three players.Least is a cut-throat game in which the goal is reversed....- The men played loud games of cutthroat euchre or pinochle under the trees while the women luxuriated by doing nothing.
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