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单词 murderous
释义 mur·der·ous
\ˈmərd(ə)rəs, ˈmə̄d-, ˈməid-\ adjective
1. : having the purpose or capability of murder : characterized by or causing murder or bloodshed
 < the charge … was covered at a disciplined trot under murderous fire — Al Newman >
 < the murderous inadequacy of lifeboats and rafts — F.L.Paxson >
 < some uncontrollable impulse … may have driven the defendant to the commission of the murderous act — B.N.Cardozo >
 < the anger … crystallized in his demented brain into a cold, murderous fury — J.C.Powys >
2. : having the ability or power to overwhelm : devastating
 < the murderous heat that attended the opening — Wolcott Gibbs >
 < a hard-hitting and exhilarating book … full of quietly murderous thrusts — C.J.Rolo >
3. : characterized by extreme difficulty
 < the exams … are murderous — E.O.Hauser >
 < those unmanageable verbs, those murderous moods and tenses — Times Literary Supplement >
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