- Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or
causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder;
bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous
intent; a murderous assault.
Meaning of 'murderous' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . murderous
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Meaning (1): - characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being