murderous
adjective
of the nature of or involving murder.
murderously
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a word derived from
murderous.
Example Sentences
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Musicals are murderously expensive to develop, making “incentive” money from those with deep Broadway pockets a necessary evil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
They are murderously expensive to design, particularly the modern big Raspberry Pis that have radios on them.
From The Verge ● Mar. 8, 2022
When Anna Netrebko first took on Verdi’s murderously ambitious Lady Macbeth a few years ago, critics declared it one of her greatest roles.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2019
Levandowski sometimes wore a custom-designed gray T-shirt, a gift from a colleague, that read “I Drink Your Milkshake”—a line from “There Will Be Blood,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s film about a murderously ambitious oilman.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 15, 2018
The day was murderously hot and there was no wind and the dust hung above the army like a yellow veil.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
